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		Commencement and Beyond (Annotations)
		Retention and Graduation Rates
		Retention from freshman to sophomore year (entering class 1998)		98%
		Retention to graduation (entering class of 1993)		88%
		Degrees Awarded, Spring 1999		Number
		Bachelor's		702
		Multiple majors		TBA
		Professional		18
		Master's		346
		Doctoral		120
		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 1998-99, Rice University's Office of Career Services arranged for more than 340 employers to recruit more than 2,250 Rice graduates.
		Recent National Recognition	Number from 1990-2000
		Beinecke Memorial Scholarships	4
		Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarships	2
		Fulbright Scholarships	38
		Goldwater Scholarships	9
		Luce Scholars	2
		Marshall Scholarships	4
		Mellon Fellowships	10
		National Defense Foundation Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowships	9
		National Science Foundation Fellowships	167
		Phi Beta Kappa Initiates	651
		Rhodes Scholars	3
		Truman Scholarships	3
		Udall Foundation	3
		Watson Fellowships	13
		Whitaker Foundation Fellowships	4
		In academic year 1998-99, 4 students were nominated and all four won the prestigious Watson Fellowship; only 60 are nominated nationwide.
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