Rice University is consistently ranked one of America’s best teaching and research universities. It is distinguished by its:

Size—2,700 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate
students

Selectivity—10 applicants for each place in the
freshman class

Resources—an undergraduate student-to-faculty
ratio of 5-to-1 and the fourth-largest endowment per student among American universities

Residential college system—which builds communities that are both close-knit and diverse

Collaborative culture—which crosses disciplines, integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate work


Rice’s wooded campus is located in the nation’s fourth-largest city and on America’s South Coast.

Copyright © 2000 by Rice University.
A publication of the Office of Institutional Research. (Email: instresr@ruf.rice.edu).

Updated: Friday, July 14, 2000


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