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		Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1999 (Annotations)
		Freshmen
		Number of applications			5,740
		Students admitted			1,595
		Admit rate			28%
		Students enrolled			672
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted students who enrolled)			42%
		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			339
		Number accepted*			120 (35%)
		Number enrolled			119 (99%)
		Interim Decision:
		Number of interim decision applicants			1,866
		Number accepted**			653 (35%)
		Number enrolled			287 (44%)
		Regular Decision:
		Number of regular decision applicants			3,535
		Number accepted			822 (23%)
		Number enrolled			266 (32%)
		*9 were deferred and admitted under a later plan. **67 were deferred and admitted under Regular Decision.
		Transfer Students
		Total applicants			347
		Number of students admitted			74
		Admit rate			21%
		Students enrolled			59
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted transfer students who enrolled)			80%
		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			760
		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			23%
		31-33			38%
		28-30			23%
		25-27			13%
		24-22			2%
		<22			1%
		Advanced Placement
		Number of entering students receiving AP credits			TBA
		Average number of credit hours earned			TBA
		Class Rank
		Percentage who were ranked #1			24%
		Percentage who were ranked #2			17%
		High school class rank in top 5% (includes #1 and #2)			75%
		High school class rank in top 10% (includes ranks above)			86%
		Note: These percentages exclude students from schools without ranking systems. Of this year's freshmen, 193 were unranked.
		Other Entering-Class Distinctions*			Number
		National Merit Finalists			170
		High school varsity athletes			306
		Organization presidents			169
		Editors-in-chief (newspapers, yearbooks)			59
		Community service activists			318
		Members of student government			96
		Student Council presidents			27
Senior-class presidents			14
Boys State or Girls State participants			56
Speak more than one language			107
Organization Founders			24
Published Writers			15
...and two members of the national champion Physics bowl team, two members of the world championship pipe and drum band, a two-time Grand Prize Winner of the International Science and Engineering Fair, a memberof a national computer science championship team, a member of a national championship dance team...and many, many, more... * 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 1998