UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS, CLASS OF 2000¹

Applied	7,054
Accepted	1,731
Entered	675

Acceptance rate: 25%

Yield rate: 39%

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK (Accepted Students)¹

Top 5%	1,070
Top 6-10%	125
Top 11-25%	49
Below Top 25%	25
Not Ranked	462
Total	1,731

SAT I SCORES OF ENTERING STUDENTS^1,2

	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Verbal	660	760
Math	670	780
Composite	1,360	1,510

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS ^1,3

Rice Sponsored	525
National Merit Sponsored	255
Corporate Sponsored	90
Current students who, as Freshmen, were Nat'l Merit:	8703

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS¹

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	316	24	127
Totals	3,263	559	1,406
Acceptance rate: 17%1

2. Approximate recentered conversion

3. 33.1% of current undergraduate students are National Merit Scholars
(includes students in professional programs)

ENROLLMENT¹

Classification	Men	Women	Totals
Undergraduate	1,438	1,202	2,640
Graduate and Professional2	879	552	1,431
Other3	48	68	116
Totals	2,365	1,822	4,187

Ethnic Enrollment¹

		Undergrad		Graduate4
Asian American	403	15.3%	29	2.0%
African American	177	5.7%	29	2.0%
Hispanic	282	10.7%	30	2.1%
International5	75	2.8%	389	27.2%
Multi-Racial	19	0.7%	0	0.0%
Native American	23	0.9%	2	0.1%
White/Unknown	1,661	62.9%	952	66.6%
Totals	2,640	100.0%	1,431	100.0%

Enrollment by Intended Major¹

		Undergrad		Graduate4
Administration	N/A	0%	230	16.1%
Architecture	75	2.9%	96	6.7%
Engineering	654	24.8%	320	22.4%
Humanities	165	6.3%	200	14.0%
Music	104	3.9%	178	12.4%
Natural Sciences	616	23.3%	261	18.2%
Social Sciences	159	6.0%	127	8.9%
Undeclared	428	16.2%	N/A	0.0%
Other6	439	16.6%	19	1.3%
Totals	2,640	100.0%	1,431	100.0%

2. Professional students are fifth-year students who have already attained a baccalaureate degree and are pursung either a Bachelor of Architecture or a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

3. 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)

4. Includes fifth-year students

5. Ethnicity not recorded

6. Interdisciplinary for undergraduates; double for graduate students

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS^1,2

		Undergrads		Graduates3		Totals
Texas	1,287	48.8%	694	48.5%	1,981	48.7%
Other U.S.	1,278	48.4%	348	24.3%	1,626	39.9%
International	75	2.8%	389	27.2%	462	11.4%
Totals	2,640	100.0%	1,431	100.0%	4,071	100.0%

Student Demographics, U.S.⁴

Alabama	17		Nebraska	7
Alaska	8		Nevada	9
Arizona	31		New Hampshire	4
Arkansas	19		New Jersey	69
California	174		New Mexico	51
Colorado	42		New York	98
Connecticut	27		North Carolina	29
Delaware	4		North Dakota	3
Florida	89		Ohio	47
Georgia	74		Oklahoma	37
Hawaii	11		Oregon	18
Idaho	6		Pennsylvania	43
Illinois	60		Rhode Island	9
Indiana	25		South Carolina	14
Iowa	5		South Dakota	1
Kansas	25		Tennessee	47
Kentucky	19		Texas	1,981
Louisiana	46		Utah	6
Maine	7		Vermont	3
Maryland	66		Virginia	82
Massachusetts	48		Washington	33
Michigan	24		West Virginia	7
Minnesota	34		Wisconsin	25
Mississippi	11		Wyoming	2
Missouri	52		Washington, D.C.	8
Montana	6		Puerto Rico	5
			Unknown	39
			Total	3,607

2. Reflects current home locations as reported by students

3. Includes professional students

4. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, military bases and one territory represented

International Students ^1,2

Argentina	1		Korea	8
Australia	8		Latvia	1
Barbados	4		Macedoni	1
Belgium	1		Malaysia	2
Belize	1		Mexico	19
Bolivia	3		Morocco	2
Brazil	8		Netherlands	3
Bulgaria	4		New Zealand	1
Byelarus	1		Nigeria	4
Canada	39		Norway	5
China	116		Pakistan	7
Colombia	3		Panama	1
Costa Rica	2		Peru	1
Croatia	1		Philippines	1
Cyprus	3		Poland	5
Czech Republic	2		Romania	1
Egypt	3		Russia/U.S.S.R.	11
England	6		Saudia Arabia	2
Ethiopia	1		Scotland	3
France	7		Senegal	3
Germany	15		Singapore	5
Greece	11		Spain	3
Guatemala	3		Sri Lanka	1
Honduras	4		Sweden	5
Hong Kong	6		Taiwan	15
Hungary	1		Thailand	1
India	53		Trinidad	3
Indonesia	1		Turkey	3
Ireland	3		Uganda	1
Israel	6		Ukraine	2
Italy	3		United Kingdom	2
Jamaica	4		Venezuela	6
Japan	4		Vietnam	1
Kenya	2		Yugoslavia	4
			Total	464

2. 68 countries represented; data represent current home locations as reported by students

DEGREES AWARDED, MAY 1996

Bachelor of Arts	513
Bachelor of Music	15
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering	34
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering	11
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering	40
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering	7
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering	35
Total	6551

Professional Degrees²(24 Students)

Bachelor of Architecture	22
Bachelor of Fine Arts	2
Total	24

Graduate Degrees (445 students)

Doctor of Musical Arts	4
Doctor of Philosophy	113
Master of Accounting	9
Master of Architecture	18
Master of Arts	79
Master of Arts in Teaching	10
Master of Business Administration	98
Master of Civil Engineering	2
Master of Computational and Applied Mathematics	1
Master of Computer Science	10
Master of Electrical Engineering	14
Master of Environmental Engineering	1
Master of Mechanical Engineering	1
Master of Music	48
Master of Science	44
Total	4521

1. Some students awarded more than one degree

2. Professional students are fifth-year students who have already attained a baccalaureate degree and are pursuing either a Bachelor of Architecture or a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

HISTORICAL COUNT OF DEGREES AWARDED¹

Years	Undergraduate	Professional2	Graduate	Totals
1916	35	0	1	36
1917	42	3	7	52
1918	34	0	3	37
1919	33	1	3	37
1920	79	3	7	89
'21-'25	486	4	26	516
'26-'30	910	16	63	989
'31-'35	1,106	22	90	1,218
'36-'40	1,100	28	35	1,163
'41-'45	1,024	24	56	1,104
'46-'50	1,182	50	133	1,365
'51-'55	1,374	72	222	1,668
'56-'60	1,819	42	319	2,180
'61-'65	1,847	54	501	2,402
'66-'70	2,014	67	998	3,079
'71-'75	2,659	101	1,437	4,197
'76-'80	2,933	77	1,526	4,536
'81-'85	2,906	83	1,549	4,538
'86-'90	3,071	100	1,839	5,010
1991	658	17	350	1,025
1992	681	17	372	1,070
1993	663	13	417	1,093
1994	665	23	445	1,133
1995	655	18	439	1,112
1996	655	24	452	1,131
Totals	28,631	859	11,290	40,780

1. Degrees counted by year conferred

2. Are either Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees; these graduates had already attained baccalaureate degrees before enrolling in these academic programs

TUITION AND FEES (1996-97)

Undergraduates

Entering, Visitors, and Others	$12,800
1995-96 Matriculants	11,950
1994-95 Matriculants	10,950
Other Continuing, Full-time Students	10,800
Room and Board	6,000
Fees	4061

Graduates

Tuition	$13,300
Room and Board	N/A
Fees	231

FINANCIAL AID (1996-97)

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

STUDENT DISTINCTIONS²

	1990-Present	Before 1990
Beinecke Memorial Scholarships	2	1
Churchill Winners	1	2
Fulbright Scholarships	15	*
Goldwater Scholarships	4	*
Luce Scholars Program	1	*
Marshall Scholarships	2	4
Mellon Fellowships	9	4
Rhodes Scholarships	1	7
Truman Scholarship	1	*
Watson Fellowships	9	31

1. Rounded

2. Some records prior to 1990 incomplete

STUDENT LIFE

The Honor System
One of the oldest traditions at Rice is an honor system administered by the student Honor Council, whose members are elected annually by the student body. Adopted by a vote of the student body in 1916, the system requires each Rice student to help ensure the validity of all examinations and assignments by adhering to a strict code of academic integrity. Students agree to report any suspected violations of the Honor Code to the Honor Council, which is responsible for investigating reported violations and recommending penalties where warranted. As a reminder of their commitment, students write and sign the following pledge on all work covered by the Honor Code: On my honor, I have neither given nor received any aid on this (exam, paper, project, assignment).

The College System
Two-thirds of the current undergraduate student population live on campus in 8 coeducational residential colleges. Students who live off campus maintain their college affiliations. In the colleges, students live, dine, and study together and participate in self-government, intramural sports, and other social and cultural activities. Random assignment of entering students to residential colleges ensures that each college reflects the academic, geographic, and cultural diversity of the overall undergraduate population. The residential colleges are:

Baker College, named for Captain James Addison Baker, attorney for William Marsh Rice, and first chairman, Rice Board of Trustees.

Brown College, named for Margarett Root Brown, wife of Rice benefactor Herman Brown, who, with his brother George, established The Brown Foundation, underwriters of the Brown Challenge and many other major gifts to Rice.

Hanszen College, named for Harry Clay Hanszen, benefactor and former chairman, Rice Board of Trustees.

Jones College, named for Mary Gibbs Jones, wife of Rice benefactor Jesse H. Jones.

Lovett College, named for Edgar Odell Lovett, first president of The Rice Institute.

Richardson College, named for Sidney Williams Richardson, Rice benefactor.

Wiess College, named for Harry Carothers Wiess, Rice benefactor and trustee.

Will Rice College, named for William M. Rice, Jr., Rice benefactor and trustee and nephew of founder William Marsh Rice.

Each residential college is overseen by a Master or, more commonly, a married couple, both of whom serve as Masters. At least one Master at each college must be a member of the faculty. Masters live with their families in houses adjacent to the colleges. They have overall responsibility for all aspects of student life in the colleges and are especially responsible for encouraging broad cultural and intellectual interests and for promoting self-discipline and effective self-government within the colleges.

Graduate Housing
Rice's graduate students live off campus, either in nearby rental properties or at the Graduate House, a facility owned by Rice and located at the southern tip of the campus.

STUDENT GOVERNANCE

Student Association
All undergraduates are members of the Rice Student Association, which is governed by the Student Senate. The Student Senate oversees all undergraduate student organizations and has campuswide jurisdiction, with the exception of the Honor Council and the University Court.

Graduate Student Association
All students in graduate programs are members of the Graduate Student Association. The governing body of this organization is the Graduate School Council, which consists of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a representative from each academic department that offers graduate level courses.

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