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Rice University

Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005


Fax number: (713) 348-5323
Website: https://www.rice.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,494
Full-time undergraduates: 4,393
Part-time undergraduates: 101
Total graduate students: 4,178
Full-time graduate students: 3,605
Part-time graduate students: 573
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
29.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
15.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
28.2% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
12.5% Nonresident Alien
1.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 300 acres
Nearest major city: Houston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 64%
Percent of students who live off campus: 36%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 245
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Drama Club; Community service/volunteer program; intramural sports; College government; Marching Owl Band

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's fencing  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's water polo  
Women's badminton  
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; football; golf; racquetball; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Hobby

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