UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS, CLASS OF 2003

 
Applied 5,740
Accepted 1,595
Entered 672

Acceptance rate: 28% Yield rate: 42%
 

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK (Students Entering Fall 1999 1)

 
1st in class 24%
2nd in class 17%
Top 5% (including above) 75%
Top 10% (including above) 86%
 

SAT I SCORES OF ENTERING STUDENTS (Fall 1999)

 

25th Percentile 75th Percentile

Verbal 650 760
Math 660 760

Composite 1,330 1,500
 

TOTAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS (as of Fall 1999)

 
Rice Sponsored 476
National Merit Sponsored 95
Corporate Sponsored 80
 

ENROLLMENT (Fall 1999)

Classification Men Women
Not Designated
Totals

Undergraduate 1,459 1,288 1 2,748
Graduate 936 538 15 1,489
Professional* 17 20 0 37

Totals2 2,412 1,846 16 4,274

1 Of those ranked
2 Does 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 7



Enrollment by Declared Major

Undergraduate1 Graduate

Administration N/A 0% 381 25.6%
Architecture 69 4.8% 56 3.8%
Engineering 414 29.1% 345 23.2%
Humanities 374 26.3% 153 10.3%
Music 53 3.7% 175 11.8%
Natural Sciences 225 15.8% 260 17.5%
Social Sciences 278 19.5% 119 8.0%
Interdisciplinary 10 .7% N/A 0%

Totals 1,423 100.0% 1,489 100.0%

 

Ethnic Enrollment

Undergraduate* Graduate

African American 192 7.1% 33 3.1%
Asian American 427 15.7% 51 4.8%
Hispanic 297 10.9% 30 2.8%
Native American 19 0.7% 5 0.5%
White/Not reported 1,778 65.5% 947 88.8%

Totals by ethnicity 2,713 100.0% 1,066 100.0%
International2 72 2.6% 423 28.4%
Domestic 2,636 94.6% 956 64.2%
Not Designated 77 2.8% 110 7.4%

Totals 2,785 100.0% 1,489 100.0%
*Includes professional students

1 Juniors and seniors only
2 Ethnicity not recorded


GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN3 (Fall 1999)

 

Undergrads Graduates Professionals Totals

Texas 1,437 706 7 2,150
Other U.S. 1,165 250 27 1,442
International 70 423 2 495
Not Designated 76 110 1 187

Totals 2,748 1,489 37 4,274

3 Reflects current home locations as reported by students

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

Alabama
16
Nebraska
13
Alaska
6
Nevada
13
Arizona
17
New Hampshire
4
Arkansas
23
New Jersey
58
California
123
New Mexico
42
Colorado
43
New York
71
Connecticut
17
North Carolina
19
Delaware
4
North Dakota
3
Florida
77
Ohio
45
Georgia
65
Oklahoma
37
Guam
1
Oregon
28
Hawaii
7
Pennsylvania
38
Idaho
4
Puerto Rico
2
Illinois
61
Rhode Island
8
Indiana
19
South Carolina
12
Iowa
8
South Dakota
4
Kansas
18
Tennessee
50
Kentucky
23
Texas
2,150
Louisiana
61
Utah
6
Maine
6
Vermont
3
Maryland
65
Virginia
70
Massachusetts
44
Washington
29
Michigan
28
Washington, D.C.
9
Minnesota
24
West Virgina
4
Mississippi
19
Wisconsin
22
Missouri
55
Wyoming
5
Montana
9
Military APO/FPOs
3
U.S. Virgin Islands
2

Total (U.S.)
3,592

International Students
4
71countries represented

Albania
1
Israel
2
Argentina
3
Italy
2
Armenia
1
Jamaica
2
Australia
6
Japan
7
Austria
1
Jordan
1
Bangledesh
1
Kazakstan
2
Barbados
3
Kenya
1
Belarus
1
Korea
19
Belgium
1
Kuwait
1
Bolivia
1
Mexico
17
Bosnia
4
Morocco
1
Brazil
7
Netherlands
4
Bulgaria
2
New Zealand
2
Canada
38
Nigeria
5
Chile
2
Norway
5
China
116
Pakistan
7
Colombia
3
Panama
2
Costa Rica
3
Poland
5
Cyprus
2
Portugal
1
Egypt
1
Qatar
1
El Salvador
1
Romania
5
England
9
Russia
12
Ethiopia
1
Saudi Arabia
2
France
12
Senegal
1
Germany
12
Singapore
5
Greece
11
South Africa
2
Guatemala
3
Sri Lanka
1
Guyana
1
Sweden
1
Honduras
2
Taiwan
19
Hong Kong
6
Thailand
2
Iceland
1
Trinidad
1
India
64
Turkey
15
Indonesia
1
Ukraine
5
Iran
5
United Arab Emirates
1
Ireland
1
Venezuela
6
Yugoslavia
3

Total
495
Note: 187 students did not designate their geographic origin
4 China/Hong Kong listed separately per student preference


DEGREES AWARDED, MAY 1999

 

Undergraduate Degrees (667 students )5

Bachelor of Arts 551
Bachelor of Music 17
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering 38
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 12
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 4
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 48
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering 5
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 27

Total 702

Graduate Degrees (461 students6)

Doctor of Musical Arts 3
Doctor of Philosophy 117
Master of Architecture 21
Master of Arts 51
Master of Arts in Teaching 5
Master of Business Administration 142
Master of Civil Engineeing 1
Master of Chemical Engineering 3
Master of Computational and Applied Mathematics 2
Master of Computer Science 14
Master of Electrical Engineering 12
Master of Materials Science 1
Master of Mechanical Engineering 2
Master of Music 60
Master of Science 32

Total 466

Professional Degrees (18 Students)7

Bachelor of Architecture 15
Bachelor of Fine Arts 3

Total 18

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


TUITION AND FEES (2000-2001)

Undergraduates

2000-2001 Matriculants, Visitors, and Others $15,950
1999-2000 Matriculants 15,750
1998-99 Matriculants 15,300
1997-98 Matriculants 14,750
Room and Board 6,750
Fees8 494
 
Graduates

Jones School Students, 2000-2001 Matriculants $19,700
Jones School Students, 1999-2000 Matriculants $18,500
Others 16,700
Fees 353

UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID (1999-2000)

Total Awarded $30,100,318
Average Award $13,941
Number of Recipients 2,159

Seventy-eight percent of all undergraduates received some form of financial aid.

STUDENT DISTINCTIONS (as of 1999)

1990-Present Before 19909

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship 4 1
Churchill Winners 2 2
Fulbright Scholarships 38 *
Goldwater Scholarships 9 *
Luce Scholars Program 1 *
Marshall Scholarships 4 4
Mellon Fellowships 10 4
National Defense Science and Engineering
    Graduate Fellowship
9 *
National Science Foundation Scholarships 167 *
Rhodes Scholarships 3 7
Truman Scholarships 3 *
Udall Foundation 3 *
Watson Fellowships 14 31
Whitaker Foundation Fellowships 4 *

8 Rounded to the nearest dollar
9 Some records prior to 1990 incomplete

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

Updated: Thursday, June 15, 2006


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