R I C E F A C T S
SUMMARY
OVERVIEW
Rice University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian,
private, research university dedicated to undergraduate teaching and to
graduate studies, research, and professional education in selected
disciplines. The defining characteristics of Rice are its small size, exceptionally
gifted students, low tuition, distinguished faculty, acclaimed research and
scholarship, financial stability, and its campus of uncommon beauty.
FACULTY
Rice has 460 full-time, 147 part-time, and 170 adjunct faculty as of fall 1998.
They teach and conduct research in 8 academic schools: Architecture, Continuing
Studies, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Humanities, Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School of Administration, Shepherd School of
Music, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. 98% of
the faculty hold Ph.D.'s or equivalent terminal degrees in their fields.
STUDENTS
The fall 1998 student body consisted of 2,743 undergraduates and
1,525 graduate and professional1
students. Undergraduates are 52% male and 48% female, with a
student-to-faculty
ratio is 5 to 1.
Of the undergraduates entering in 1998, 81% were in the top 5% of their high
school class and 26% are National Merit Scholars.
The middle 50% of
the entering class had composite SAT I scores between 1,340 and
1,510.
53% of Rice students hail from Texas; 35%
come from elsewhere in the U.S.; and 12% are from outside the U.S.
Undergraduate tuition for 1998-99 was $14,675 for entering
freshmen, $14,150 for 1997-98 matriculants,
$13,450 for 1996-97 matriculants, $12,550 for 1995-96
matriculants, and $11,500 for other continuing full-time students; graduate
tuition was $15,300 ($15,750 for those in the Jones School). Students are
admitted without consideration of financial circumstances; 85% of
undergraduates received financial aid in 1997-98.
ALUMNI
Rice currently has 39,423 living alumni. Of the 35,372 alumni whose
locations are known, 33.4% reside in Houston, 19.0% live elsewhere in
Texas, 44.4% live elsewhere in the U.S., and 3.2% live outside the U.S.
ENDOWMENT
Rice ranked second for private, research universities after Princeton
in amount of endowment assets ($507,352) per full-time
equivalent (FTE) student (according to FY95 FTE numbers) in
19962. The
FY98 market value for Rice's endowment was $2.7 billion.
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Rice University. A publication of the
Office of Institutional Research.
(Email: instresr@ruf.rice.edu).
Last updated 26 Februrary 1999.