UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS, CLASS OF 2007

 
Applied 7,501
Accepted 1,821
Entered 716

Acceptance rate: 24% Yield rate: 39%
 

HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK (Students Entering Fall 2003 1)

 
1st in class 21%
2nd in class 9%
Top 5% (including above) 75%
Top 10% (including above) 86%
 

SAT I SCORES OF ENTERING STUDENTS (Fall 2003)

 

25th Percentile 75th Percentile

Verbal 660 760
Math 670 770

Composite 1340 1500
 

TOTAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS (Fall 2003)

 
Rice Sponsored 370
National Merit Sponsored 43
Corporate Sponsored 94
Achievement 11
Total 518
 

ENROLLMENT (Fall 2003)

Classification Men Women
Unidentified Totals

Undergraduate 1,484 1,338   0 2,822
Graduate 1,249 699   0 1,948
Professional* 14 21     35

Totals2 2,747 2,058 0 4,805

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 Major

Undergraduate1 Graduate

Architecture 126 4.4% 89 4.6%
Engineering 766 26.8%   484 24.8%
Humanities 495 17.3% 158 8.1%
Management N/A 0%   549 28.2%
Music 120 4.2% 183 9.4%
Natural Sciences 658 23.0% 332 17.0%
Social Sciences 666 23.3% 119 6.1%
Interdisciplinary 26 0.9% 34 1.7%

Totals 2,857 100.0% 1,948 100.0%

 

Ethnic Enrollment

Undergraduate* Graduate

African American 179 6.5% 44 3.1%
Asian American 422 15.3% 122

8.6%

Hispanic 327 11.8% 80 5.6%
Native American 15 0.5% 3 0.2%
White/Not reported 1,823 65.9% 1,177 82.5%

Totals by ethnicity 2,766 100.0%   1,426 100.0%
International2 91 3.2% 522 26.8%
Domestic 2,727 95.4% 1,346 69.0%
Not Designated 39 1.4% 80

4.1%


Totals 2,857 100.0% 1,948 100.0%
*Includes professional students

1 Includes intended and declared
2 Ethnicity not recorded


GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN3 (Fall 2003)

 

Undergrads Graduates Professionals Totals

Texas 1,414 981 10 2,405
Other U.S. 1,280 365 23 1,668
International 90 522 1 613
Not Designated 38 80 1 119

Totals 2,822 1,948 35 4,805
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
35
Nevada
14
Alaska
4
New Hampshire
14
Arizona
23
New Jersey
45
Arkansas
17
New Mexico
37
California
182
New York
85
Colorado
38
North Carolina
30
Connecticut
30
North Dakota
6
Delaware
3
Ohio
44
Florida
99
Oklahoma
46
Georgia
62
Oregon
41
Hawaii
9
Pennsylvania
58
Idaho
9
Puerto Rico
4
Illinois
75
Rhode Island
7
Indiana
17
South Carolina
14
Iowa
16
South Dakota
2
Kansas
25
Tennessee
49
Kentucky
18
Texas
2,405
Louisiana
100
Utah
13
Maine
6
Vermont
4
Maryland
59
Virginia
62
Massachusetts
45
Washington
39
Michigan
36
Washington, D.C.
7
Minnesota
25
West Virginia
5
Mississippi
19
Wisconsin
12
Missouri
57
Wyoming
1
Montana
3
Military APO/FPOs
5
Nebraska
11
U.S. Virgin Islands
1
      -----------------------------
Total (U.S.)
4,073

International Students
4
81 countries represented

Albania
2
Morocco, Kingdom of 1
Argentina
3
Nepal 1
Armenia
1
New Zealand 3
Australia
6
Nicaragua
1
Austria 2   Nigeria
3
Bangladesh 3   Norway
1
Barbados
1
P. R. China
154
Belarus, CIS
3
Pakistan 2
Belgium 1   Panama
1
Belize 1   Paraguay
1
Bosnia-Hercegovina
4
Peru
1
Brazil
6
Philippines
1
Bulgaria
7
Poland 4
Burma 1   Portugal 1
Canada
33
Romania 11
Chile
3
Russia
12
Colombia
4
Saudia Arabia
1
Costa Rica
3
Senegal
2
Cyprus
1
Singapore
6
Czech Republic
1
Slovakia 1
Dominican Republic
2
Slovenia 1
Egypt 2 South Africa 2
El Salvador 1   South Korea 27
England
15
Spain
5
France
5
  Sri Lanka
2
Germany, Fed Rep of
16
Sweden 1
Greece
8
Switzerland
1
Guatemala
1
Taiwan, R.O.C. 13
Hong Kong, SAR of PRC
8
Tanzania 1
India
87
Thailand 1
Indonesia
4
Trinidad and Tabago 4
Iran
7
Turkey 21
Israel
3
Ukraine, CIS 1
Italy
6
United Arab Emirates 1
Jamaica
7
Uruguay 1
Japan 9 Uzbekistan
1
Kenya 1 Venezuela
7
Korea DPR
1
Vietnam
3
Kuwait 1 Yugoslavia 4
Lebanon
1
Unknown 15
Mexico
22
   
         
Total
613
Note: 104 students did not designate their geographic origin


DEGREES AWARDED, MAY 2003

 

Undergraduate Degrees5

Bachelor of Arts/Science 505
Bachelor of Music 26
Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering 22
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering 15
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 7
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 19
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 58
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering 3
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 20

Total 675

Graduate Degrees6

Doctor of Musical Arts 11
Doctor of Philosophy 95
Master of Architecture 23
Master of Arts/Science 100
Master of Arts in Teaching 4
Master of Business Administration 215
Master of Chemical Engineering 1
Master of Computer Science 9
Master of Computer Science and Engineering 1
Master of Electrical Engineering 16
Master of Environmental Science 1
Master of Mechanical Engineering 3
Master of Music 57
Master of Science Teaching 4

Total 540

Professional Degrees7

Bachelor of Architecture 16
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2
   

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 (2003-2004)

Undergraduates

2003-2004 Matriculants, Visitors, and Others $18,850
2002-2003 Matriculants 17,950
2001-2002 Matriculants 17,250
2000-2001 Matriculants 17,150
Room and Board 8,018
Fees* 820
 
* Fees for off campus undergraduates total $720. 
Graduates

Jones School Students, 2003-2004 Matriculants $28,000
Jones School Students, 2002-2003 Matriculants 24,500
Other Programs 19,700
Jones School Fees 1,176
Graduate Fees

506


UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID (2003-2004)

Total Awarded $32,817,157
Average Award $17,391
Number of Recipients 1,887

Sixty-seven percent of all undergraduates received some form of financial aid.

STUDENT DISTINCTIONS (as of 2004)

1990-Present Before 19909

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship 4 1
Churchill Winners 2 2
Fulbright Scholarships 56 *
Goldwater Scholarships 13 *
Luce Scholars Program 3 *
Marshall Scholarships 5 4
Mellon Fellowships 12 4
National Defense Science and Engineering
    Graduate Fellowship
10 *
National Science Foundation Scholarships 236 *
Rhodes Scholarships 3 7
Truman Scholarships 4 *
Udall Foundation 3 *
Watson Fellowships 26 31
Whitaker Foundation Fellowships 4 *

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

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

Updated: Thursday, June 15, 2006


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