December 1996 Rice University Facts at a Glance

(Office of Institutional Research)

Student Information

     
Enrollment         Fall'96         %    Fall'95       %    % Chg 

 
Headcount Totals     4,187    100.00    4,235    100.00    -1.13

Undergraduate Totals 2,640     63.05    2,656     62.72    -0.60
 Freshman1             791     29.96      785     29.56    +0.76
 Sophomore             587     22.23      553     20.82    +6.15
 Junior                579     21.93      610     22.97    -5.08
 Senior                683     25.87      708     26.66    -3.53
 Fifth Year Students2   25      0.60       36      0.85   -30.56
 Other3                116      2.77      106      2.50    +9.43

Graduate Totals      1,406     33.58    1,437     33.93    -2.16

Ethnicity (excludes "Other")
 Native American        25      0.61       20      0.48   +25.00
 Asian American        432     10.61      437     10.58    -1.14
 African American      206      5.06      196      4.75    +5.10
 Hispanic American     312      7.66      299      7.24    +4.35
 Multi-Racial           19      0.47       12      0.29   +58.33
 White (incl. Other) 2,613     64.19    2,708     65.59    -3.51
 International         464     11.40      457     11.07    +1.53

Gender (all students)
     Male            2,365     56.48    2,444     57.71    -3.23
     Female          1,822     43.52    1,791     42.29    +1.73

Residency (all students)
     Texas           1,981     47.31    2,021     47.72    -1.98
     Other U.S.      1,626     38.84    1,651     38.99    -1.51
     International     464     11.08      457     10.79    +1.53
     Unknown           116      2.77      106      2.50    +9.43

Admission Information

Undergraduate Admissions  Fall'96     Fall'95     % Chg
     Applied                7,054       6,843     +3.08
     Accepted               1,731       1,808     -4.26
     Entered                  675         696     -3.02
1996 Acceptance rate:  25%         Yield rate:  39%
Graduate Admissions (Fall '96)
     School           Applied    Accepted     Registered
     Administration    571         258            242
     Architecture      428          24             72
     Engineering       877          96            322
     Humanities        312          37            199
     Music             248          58            178
     Natural Sciences  511          62            266
     Social Sciences   113           4            127
     Totals          3,060         539          1,406
1996 Acceptance rate:   18%

Degrees Awarded, May 1996

                                            Number
     Undergraduate (625 students)              655   
     Professional (24 students)                 24                             
     Graduate (445 students)
            Master's                           335
            Ph.D.s                             117          
     Total (1,088 students)                  1,131

Alumni Information

Geographical Distribution   Number       %
     Houston                11,615   30.23
     Other Texas             6,478   16.86
     Other U.S.             14,650   38.13
     International             974    2.53
     Unknown                 4,706   12.25
    Totals                  38,423  100.00
Deceased                     6,835

Rankings (September 1996)

Faculty Information (October 1, 1996)

                      Full-time     Part-time
Professor                  244            8
Associate Professor        100           10
Assistant Professor         82            1
Instructor & Lecturer       27          118
Artist/Teacher               3            5
Totals		           456          142

Adjunct                    147      
Emeriti                     74               
Fellow                      16            1

Faculty Books Published 1994-1995: 57
Faculty Journal Articles Published 1994-1995: 989
Faculty with Ph.D.s/Terminal Degrees in Field: 98%

Tuition and Fees (1996-97)

                              Undergraduate       Graduate
Tuition (entering/visitors)         $12,800        $13,300
1995-96 matriculants                 11,950            N/A
1994-95 matriculants                 10,950            N/A
Other continuing, f/t students       10,800            N/A
Room and Board                        6,000            N/A
Fees                                    406            231

Financial Aid, 1996-1997 (projected)

                              Undergraduate     
Total Awarded                   $22,081,396   
Average Award                        $9,676    
Number of Recipients                  2,282

Support (in thousands)4

Gifts by Fund Use               FY96      FY95      FY94
  Current Use (undesignated)  $4,286    $3,812    $3,760
  Current Use (designated)    10,257     8,379     7,633
  Plant                        9,372     9,369     2,231
  Endowment                   25,680    15,444    19,878
  Annuity and Life Income      1,182     7,417     1,828
  Miscellaneous Use               10         8         1
  Totals          	     $50,787   $44,429   $35,331

Gifts by Source                 FY96         %
  Alumni                     $11,695     23.03
  Friends                      4,221      8.31
  Corps & Corp Foundations    12,915     25.43
  Philanthropic Foundations   16,317     32.13
  Other                           94      0.19
  Estates                      5,545     10.92
  Totals                     $50,787    100.00

Endowment Information

The university's endowment as of June 30, 1996, was $1.85 billion.

Additional Student Information

Enrollment by Intended Major  Fall'96        %   Fall'95       %   % Chg
Headcount Totals                4,187   100.00     4,235  100.00   -1.13

Undergraduate Totals            2,640    63.05     2,656   62.72   -0.60
     Architecture                  75     2.84        75    2.82   +0.00
     Engineering                  654    24.77       648   24.40   +0.93
     Humanities                   165     6.25       180    6.78   -8.33
     Music                        104     3.94       101    3.80   +2.97
     Natural Sciences             616    23.33       611   23.00   +0.82
     Social Sciences              159     6.02       153    5.76   +3.92
     Undeclared                   428    16.21       453   17.06   -5.52
     Other                        439    16.63       435   16.38   +0.92

Fifth Year Baccalaureate5          25     0.60        36    0.85  -30.56
     Architecture                  24    96.00        34   94.44  -29.41
     Art & Art History              1     4.00         2    5.56  -50.00

Other6                            116     2.77       106    2.50   +9.43

Graduate Totals                 1,406    33.58     1,437   33.93   -2.16
     Administration               227    16.15       235   16.35   -3.40
     Architecture                  72     5.12        70    4.87   +2.86
     Double Majors                 19     1.35        21    1.46   -9.52
     Engineering                  320    22.76       353   24.57   -9.35
     Humanities                   199    14.15       197   13.71   +1.02
     Music                        178    12.66       176   12.25   +1.14
     Natural Sciences             261    18.56       251   17.47   +3.98
     Social Sciences              127     9.03       134    9.32   -5.22

Board of Governors

Trustees (7): Appointments made by remaining trustees
Elected
E. William Barnett '55 (Chair)1994
J. D. Bucky Allshouse '711996
D. Kent Anderson '621989
James A. Baker, III1994
Lee Hage Jamail 1996
Burton J. McMurtry '561988
Constantine S. Nicandros1996

Term Members (8): Appointed by the trustees to four-year terms
Term Expires in June of
William N. Sick '571997
Robert R. Maxfield '631997
Robert C. McNair1998
Harry M. Reasoner '601998
Frederick R. Lummis, Jr. '531999
TBN1999
James A. Elkins, III2000
Albert N. Kidd '64 2000

Alumni Members (4): Elected to four-year terms by Rice alumni
Term Expires in June of
Stephen B. Smith '651997
Gus A. Schill, Jr. '551998
Matt F. Gorges '581999
W. Bernard Pieper '532000

Awards Posted/Proposals Submitted

 
                                   FY96          FY95     % Chg
Total Awards Posted         $39,762,177    $47,490,192   -16.27

Total Proposals Submitted   115,679,019    105,716,434    +9.42

Award Transactions Posted by School  
     Engineering             20,234,426     29,787,232   -32.07
     Humanities                 159,563        158,946    +0.39
     Natural Sciences        18,197,215     16,628,108    +9.44
     Social Sciences            510,995        331,135   +54.32
     Other                      659,978        584,771   +12.86
     Totals                 $39,762,177    $47,490,192   -16.27

Centers, Institutes, Consortia

Center for Applied Psychological Systems
Center for Education
Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues
Center for the History of Leadership Institutions
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Center for Professional Studies
Center for the Study of Cultures
Center for the Study of Institutions and Values
Center for Sustainable Environment
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Center for Urbanism
Center on the Management of Information Technology
Computational Mathematics Lab
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Energy and Environmental Systems Institute
Hazardous Substances Research Center/South and Southwest
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Papers of Jefferson Davis
Rice Advanced Visualization Lab
Rice Design Alliance
Rice Engineering Design and Development Institute
Rice Quantum Institute
Superfund University Training Institute

Center for Research on Parallel Computation
Argonne National Laboratory
Boston University
California Institute of Technology
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory/University of Tennessee
Syracuse University
The University of Texas at Austin

D. O. D. Advanced Applied Technology Demonstration Facility for Environmental Technology
Lamar University
Louisiana State University
Stanford University
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Waterloo

National Center for Ground Water Research
Oklahoma State University
University of Oklahoma
The University of Texas at Austin

W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Houston

Notes

1 Includes all students who have fewer than 30 hours

2 Includes those students pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

3 Includes Class III Students (students with degrees taking classes for credit, but not in a specific degree program) and Visitors (students taking courses for undergraduate credit to be applied toward a degree at another school)

4 These numbers reflect Council for Aid to Education (CFAE) rules for recording total monies received, calculating gift totals, and recording deferred gifts at fair market value at the time of donation. In this table, FY95 and FY94 numbers have been restated to reflect the CFAE rules for calculating gift totals; FY96 had already been calculated in this manner.

5 Includes those students pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

6 Includes Class III Students (students taking classes for credit, but not in a specific degree program) and Visitors (students taking courses for credit to be applied toward a degree at another school)