Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1999: Freshmen Transfer Students Test Scores Class Rank Distinctions Faculty Facts and Distinctions Enrollment and Class Sizes Majors, Schools, and Degrees Tuition and Financial Assistance Undergraduate Profile Ethnic Enrollment Student Demographics Commencement and Beyond Retention and Graduation Degrees Awarded Postgraduation Pursuits National Recognition Rice Resources		Majors, Schools, and Degrees 1999 (Annotations)
		Majors with the Highest Percentages of Graduates, 1998 - 1999
		Economics	10.2% (68)
		English	9.4% (63)
		Biology	8.4% (56)
		Biochemistry	8.2% (55)
		Managerial Studies	7.9% (53)
		Electrical and Computer Engineering	7.5% (50)
		Political Science	6.3% (42)
		Chemical Engineering	6.1% (41)
		Psychology	5.7% (38)
		History	5.5% (37)
		Schools and Areas of Study
		School of Humanities:
		Art and Art History	History
		Education	Kinesiology
		English	Linguistics
		French Studies	Philosophy
		German and Slavic Studies	Religious Studies
		Hispanic and Classical Studies
		School of Social Sciences:
		Anthropology	Political Science
		Economics	Psychology
		Mathematical Economic Analysis	Sociology
		School of Architecture:
		Architecture	Architectural Studies
		Shepherd School of Music:
		Performance	Composition
		Music History	Music Theory
		Music
		Wiess School of Natural Sciences:
		Biochemistry and Cell Biology	Mathematics
		Chemistry	Physics*
		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Space Physics and Astronomy*
		Geology and Geophysics
		George R. Brown School of Engineering:
		Bioengineering	Electrical and Computer Engineering
		Chemical Engineering	Environmental Science and Engineering
		Civil Engineering	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
		Computational and Applied Mathematics	Statistics
		Computer Science
		Interdepartmental Majors:
		Area Majors	Managerial Studies
		Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations	Medieval Studies
		Asian Studies	Policy Studies
		Chemical Physics	Study of Women and Gender
		Cognitive Sciences
		Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management:
		Business Administration
		*The Departments of Physics and Space Physics and Astronomy will be merged into a single Department of Physics and Astronomy on July 1, 2000.
		Degrees
		B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)
		B. Arch. (Architecture)
		B.F.A. (Fine Arts)
		B.Mus. (Music)
		B.S. (Science)
		B.S.B.E. Bioengineering
		B.S.C.E. (Civil Engineering)
		B.S.Ch.E. (Chemical Engineering)
		B.S.C.E. (Computer Science)
		B.S.E.E. (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
		B.S.M.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
		B.S.M.S. (Materials Science)
		Interdepartmental (e.g., Asian Studies, Cognitive Sciences, and Medieval Studies)
M.A. (Master of Arts)
M.Arch. (Architecture)
M.Arch. in Urban Design
M.A.T. (Teaching)
M.B.A. (Business Administration)
M.B.A. for Executives
M.B.A./Master of Engineering
M.C.A.M. (Computational and Applied Mathematics)
M.C.E. (Civil Engineering)
M.Ch.E. (Chemical Engineering)
M.C.S.E. (Computational Science and Engineering)
M.C.S. (Computer Science)
M.E.E. (Electrical Engineering)
M.E.E. (Environmental Engineering)
M.E.S. (Environmental Science)
M.M.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
M.M.S. (Materials Science)
M.Mus. (Music)
M.S. (Science)
M.Stat. (Statistics)
D.Arch. (Doctor of Architecture)
D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts)
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Cooperative Degree Programs
B.A/J.D. Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education
With Columbia University School of Law; allows Rice students who have completed junior-year requirements to apply to Columbia one year early and complete undergraduate requirements while in law school
M.A. (Legal and Constitutional History)/Law Degree
With the University of Houston Law Center and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University
M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.A., M.D./M.S.
With Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School
M.A., Ph.D. (Biomedical Ethics)
With the University of Texas Health Science Center, Baylor College of Medicine and the Institute of Religion
Foreign Study and Exchange Programs 1999 - 2000
Rice-based or affiliate programs	16
Number of undergraduate participants	79
Number of continents where Rice undergraduates currently study	6 (22 countries)
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