Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1998: 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		Commencement and Beyond (Annotations)
		Retention and Graduation Rates (average rates for classes entering '90, '91, and '92)
		Retention from freshman to sophomore year		97.2%
		Retention to graduation		90.0%
		Degrees Awarded, Spring 1998		Number
		Bachelor's		654
		Multiple majors		202
		Professional		12
		Master's		334
		Doctoral		114
		Postgraduation Pursuits
		Average percentage of graduating seniors who were accepted into their first-choice graduate or professional school (1994 - 1998)		71.5%
		Percentage of job seeking 1998 graduates who had accepted a position by graduation		55%
		Percentage of 1998 graduates who went directly into graduate school		45%
		In 1997-98, Rice University's Office of Career Services brought more than 465 recruiters to campus and facilitated over 1,800 interviews between students and potential employers.
		Recent National Recognition	Number since 1990
		Beinecke Memorial Scholarships	3
		Churchill Winners	2
		Fulbright Scholarships	32
		Goldwater Scholarships	9
		Luce Scholars	1
		Marshall Scholarships	4
		Mellon Fellowships	9
		National Defense Foundation Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowships	9
		National Science Foundation Fellowships	167
		Phi Beta Kappa Initiates	504
		Rhodes Scholars	3
		Truman Scholarships	2
		Udall Foundation	3
		Watson Fellowships	12
		Whitaker Foundation Fellowships	4
		In 1998, 27 graduating seniors from Rice University received prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowships for graduate study, placing Rice first among the nation's highly selective universities in the percentage of students receiving this honor.
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