CLASS OF 2008
 
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

 
Applied 8,106
Accepted 1,802
Entered 727

Acceptance rate: 22% Yield rate: 40%
 

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK (Class of 20081)

 
1st in class 21%
2nd in class 6%
Top 5% (including above) 76%
Top 10% (including above) 86%
 

SAT I SCORES OF CLASS OF 2008

 

  25th Percentile 75th Percentile

Verbal 660 760
Math 670 780

Composite 1350 1510
 
ALL STUDENTS
 

ENROLLMENT (all students) (Fall 2004)

Classification Men Women
Total

Undergraduate 1,483 1,403   2,886  
Professional* 19 28   47  
Graduate 1,246 676   1,922  

Total2 2,748 2,107   4,855  

1Of those ranked
2Does not include 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)
* See footnote number 8


TOTAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS (Fall 2004)

 
Rice Sponsored 392
National Merit Sponsored 40
Corporate Sponsored 82
Achievement 15


Total 529



Enrollment by Major

  Undergraduate1   Graduate

Architecture 135 5%   89 5%
Engineering 738 25%   486 25%
Humanities 541 18%   171 9%
Management -- 0%   494 26%
Music 128 4%   165 8%
Natural Sciences 695 24%   359 19%
Social Sciences 664 23%   124 6%
Interdisciplinary 32 1%   34 2%

Total 2,933 100%   1,922 100%

 

Ethnic Enrollment

Domestic Undergraduate*
Graduate

African American 198 7%   67 3%
Asian American 444 15%   129

7%

Hispanic 329 11%   91 4%
Native American 15 1%   4 1%
Multiracial 71 2%   15 1%
White 1,624 55%   782 41%
Not Reported/Not Designated 172 6%   235 12%

Total 2,853 97%   1,323 69%
 
Foreign
Undergraduate
Graduate
           
International2 80 3%   599 31%

Grand Total 2,933 100%   1,922 100%
*Includes professional students
           


1Includes intended and declared; also includes undergraduate professionals
2Ethnicity not recorded


GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN3 (Fall 2004)

 

  Undergraduates* Graduates Total

Texas 1,545 964 2,509
Other U.S. 1,260 335 1,595
International 80 599 679
Not Designated 48 24 72

Total 2,933 1,922 4,855
*Includes professional students
3Reflects current home locations as reported by students

U.S. Students
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and US military bases abroad represented

Alabama
33
  Nebraska
9
Alaska
7
  Nevada
12
Arizona
25
  New Hampshire
16
Arkansas
19
  New Jersey
44
California
167
  New Mexico
28
Colorado
34
  New York
67
Connecticut
30
  North Carolina
37
Delaware
4
  North Dakota
1
Florida
85
  Ohio
40
Georgia
64
  Oklahoma
46
Guam 1   Oregon
41
Hawaii
9
  Pennsylvania
53
Idaho
9
  Puerto Rico
4
Illinois
76
  Rhode Island
6
Indiana
24
  South Carolina
18
Iowa
14
  South Dakota
3
Kansas
25
  Tennessee
44
Kentucky
18
  Texas
2,509
Louisiana
89
  Utah
7
Maine
4
  Vermont
3
Maryland
59
  Virginia
64
Massachusetts
41
  Washington
42
Michigan
38
  Washington, D.C.
5
Minnesota
32
  West Virginia
3
Mississippi
17
  Wisconsin
11
Missouri
56
  Wyoming
2
Montana
4
  Military APO/FPOs
5
      -----------------------------
  Total (US)
4,104

International Students
4
82 countries represented

Albania
2
  Jamaica
3
Algeria 1   Japan 7
Argentina
6
  Jordan 1
Australia
3
  Lebanon
3
Austria 2   Lithuania 1
Bangladesh 3   Malaysia 1
Barbados
1
  Mexico
18
Belarus, CIS
4
  Morocco, Kingdom of 1
Belgium 1   New Zealand 2
Bosnia-Hercegovina
3
  Nigeria
3
Brazil
5
  Norway
2
Bulgaria
6
  Pakistan 3
Burma 1   Panama
2
Canada
45
  Paraguay
2
Cayman Islands 1   Peru
3
Chile
3
  Philippines
1
China5 170   Poland 4
Colombia
4
  Portugal 1
Costa Rica
1
  Romania 13
Cyprus
2
  Russia
20
Czech Republic
1
  Saudi Arabia
1
Denmark 3   Senegal
1
Dominican Republic
1
  Singapore
4
Egypt 4   Slovenia 1
El Salvador 4   South Africa 2
England
15
  South Korea 40
France
6
  Spain
5
Germany, Fed Rep of
15
  Sri Lanka
1
Ghana 2   Sweden 1
Greece
10
  Switzerland
1
Guatemala
2
  Taiwan, R.O.C. 18
Haiti 1   Tanzania 1
Hong Kong, SAR of PRC
7
  Thailand 1
Hungary 1   Trinidad and Tobago 6
Iceland 1   Turkey 26
India
93
  Ukraine, CIS 2
Indonesia
8
  Uruguay 1
Iran
6
  Uzbekistan
1
Ireland 1   Venezuela
11
Israel
3
  Vietnam
2
Italy
11
  Yugoslavia 3
         
  Total
679

472 students did not designate their geographic origin.
5China/Hong Kong listed separately per student preference


DEGREES AWARDED (May 2005)

 

Undergraduate Degrees6

Bachelor of Arts/Science 576
Bachelor of Music 18
Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering 29
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering 15
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 12
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 9
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 32
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science 3
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 27

Total 721

Graduate Degrees7

Doctor of Musical Arts 9
Doctor of Philosophy 128
Master of Architecture 27
Master of Arts/Science 153
Master of Arts in Teaching 8
Master of Business Administration 246
Master of Chemical Engineering 1
Master of Civil Engineering 2
Master of Computer Science 2
Master of Electrical Engineering 15
Master of Mechanical Engineering 5
Master of Music 61
Master of Statistics 1
Master of Science Teaching 2
Master of Science in Environmental Analysis & Decision Making 5
Master of Science in Nanoscale Physics 1
Master of Science in Subsurface Geoscience 1

Total 667

Professional Degrees8

Bachelor of Architecture 24
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1

Total 25
6Some students awarded more than one degree
7Some students awarded more than one degree
8Includes professional students, who have already earned a four-year baccalaureate degree and currently are pursuing either a bachelor of architecture or a bachelor of fine arts degree; other professional programs (such as nonthesis doctorates) always are officially considered graduate degrees


TUITION AND FEES (2005-2006)

Undergraduates

2005-2006 matriculants $23,310
2004-2005 matriculants 21,830*
2003-2004 matriculants 20,310*
2002-2003 matriculants 19,360*
2001-2002 matriculants $18,610**
Room and Board $8,980
Mandatory Fees*** $436
 
*Tuition indexed for five years from year of entry
**Tuition indexed for six years from year of entry
***Rounded to the nearest dollar  
Graduates

Jones School MBA, 2005-2006 matriculants $30,900
Jones School MBA, 2004-2005 matriculants 30,000
Jones School EMBA, 2005-2006 matriculants
(2-year rate) (fees included)
$78,300
Jones School EMBA, 2004-2005 matriculants
(2-year rate) (fees included)
$77,000
Jones School Fees $1,420
All Other Graduate Programs $22,700*
Graduate Mandatory Fees

$500


*After six semesters of full-time study in one degree program (excluding the summer semesters), continuing students enter a reduced-tuition category of $1,262 per year ($631 per semester).

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND TUITION WAIVERS GIVEN TO UNDERGRADUATES (2004-2005)

Institutional funds $21,104,853
Government grants $3,823,536
Outside scholarships $3,279,874
Number of undergraduates receiving aid 2,376
Amount of need-based grant aid from Rice funds (included in institutional funds amount noted above) $8,569,247

Number of undergraduates receiving need-based grant aid from Rice funds

953

Federal need-based loans given to students

$1,940,830
Note: data as of March 29, 2005.

STUDENT DISTINCTIONS (as of 2005)

     

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship 5  
Churchill Winners 4  
Fulbright Scholarships 61  
Goldwater Scholarships 22  
Luce Scholars Program 3  
Marshall Scholarships 15  
Mellon Fellowships 18  
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship 11  
National Science Foundation Fellowships 267  
Rhodes Scholarships 10  
Truman Scholarships 4  
Udall Foundation 3  
Watson Fellowships 57  
Whitaker Foundation Fellowships 4  


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A publication of the Office of Institutional Research. (Email: instresr@ruf.rice.edu).

Updated: Tuesday, July 12, 2005


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