Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 2000: 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		Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 2000(Annotations)
		Freshmen
		Number of applications			6,802
		Students admitted			1,583
		Admit rate			23%
		Students enrolled			628
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted students who enrolled)			40%
		Rice admits students without regard to financial need and meets 100% of the demonstrated need of students who matriculate.
		Decision Plans
		Early Decision:
		Number of early decision applicants			489
		Number accepted			119 (24%)
		Number enrolled			113 (95%)
		Interim Decision:
		Number of interim decision applicants			2,384
		Number accepted			600 (25%)
		Number enrolled			201 (33%)
		Regular Decision:
		Number of regular decision applicants			3,929
		Number accepted			813 (21%)
		Number enrolled			278 (34%)
		Transfer Students
		Total applicants			515
		Number of students admitted			65
		Admit rate			13%
		Students enrolled			45
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted transfer students who enrolled)			69%
		Note: Mid-year transfer slots are not always available. Transfer admission rates vary greatly from year to year.
		SAT Scores
		Verbal, SAT I:
		Top 25% of class scored above			750
		Top 75% of class scored above			650
		Math, SAT I:
		Top 25% of class scored above			760
		Top 75% of class scored above			660
		Composite:
		Top 25% of class scored above			1500
		Top 75% of class scored above			1330
		ACT Scores
		Range			Enrolled
		36-34			TBA
		31-33			TBA
		28-30			TBA
		25-27			TBA
		24-22			TBA
		<22			TBA
		Advanced Placement
		Number of entering students receiving AP credits			TBA
		Average number of credit hours earned			TBA
		Class Rank
		Percentage who were ranked #1			16%
		Percentage who were ranked #2			9%
		High school class rank in top 5% (includes #1 and #2)			73%
		High school class rank in top 10% (includes ranks above)			84%
		Note: These percentages exclude students from schools without ranking systems. Of this year's freshmen, 224 were unranked.
		Other Entering-Class Distinctions*			Number
		National Merit Finalists			162
		High school varsity athletes			276
		Organization presidents			176
		Editors-in-chief (newspapers, yearbooks)			53
		Community service activists			286
		Members of student government			75
		Student Council presidents			17
Senior-class presidents			9
Boys State or Girls State participants			46
Speak more than one language			180
Organization Founders			24
Published Writers			12
.* Within this section, the only statistic that is attested is that concerning the number of National Merit Scholars. Other distinctions were self-reported and not part of the permanent student data base.     Go to Top of Page Go to the Rice University Undergraduate Admission Web Page Go to the Rice University Main Web Page Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1999