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Rice University
Houston, TX · Private (nonprofit) · 4,776 students · mostly bachelor degrees
116th-cheapest of 340 Texas colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,370
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$79,788
Graduation rate
95%
Admission rate
8%
Median graduate earnings
$89,718
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$11,000
Average SAT
1553
Median ACT
35
Pell grant recipients
17%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
137 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$201,796Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree164 grads/yr$182,443Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$136,656Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree88 grads/yr$129,575Accounting · Master's Degree$124,073Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$121,099National Security Policy Studies · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$116,551Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$113,605Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$110,932Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$108,970Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$87,804Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$87,404Contemplative Studies/Inquiry · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$66,913Music Technology · Master's Degree55 grads/yr$50,777
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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