Rice University

6100 Main Street, Houston

#=119 QS Global World Ranking
Private not for ProfitStatus
Very HighResearch Output
8,135Total Students
1,163Faculty
3,022Int'l Students

About

Rice University offers advanced degrees in 37 fields of study and enrolls approximately 2,800 graduate students.

Architecture

Architecture
Master of Arts
Urban design

Business

Accounting
Business Administration
Marketing and finance
Strategic marketing

Education

Teaching
Liberal studies

Engineering

Applied physics
Bioengineering
Chemical and biomolecular engineering
Civil and environmental engineering
Computational and applied mathematics
Computational science and engineering
Computer science
Electrical and computer engineering
Industrial engineering
Materials science and nanoengineering
Mechanical engineering
Statistics

Humanities

Art history
English
History
Philosophy
Religion

Music

Music
Musical arts
Artist diploma

Natural Sciences

Applied physics
Biochemistry and cell biology
Bioscience and health policy
Chemistry
Earth, environmental and planetary sciences
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Environmental analysis
Mathematics
Physics and astronomy
Science teaching
Space studies
Subsurface geoscience
Systems, synthetic and physical biology

Social Sciences

Anthropology
Economics
Energy economics
Global affairs
Human factors/human computer interaction
Linguistics
Political science
Psychological sciences
Sociology

About

Rice University offers advanced degrees in 37 fields of study and enrolls approximately 2,800 graduate students.

Architecture

Architecture
Master of Arts
Urban design

Business

Accounting
Business Administration
Marketing and finance
Strategic marketing

Education

Teaching
Liberal studies

Engineering

Applied physics
Bioengineering
Chemical and biomolecular engineering
Civil and environmental engineering
Computational and applied mathematics
Computational science and engineering
Computer science
Electrical and computer engineering
Industrial engineering
Materials science and nanoengineering
Mechanical engineering
Statistics

Humanities

Art history
English
History
Philosophy
Religion

Music

Music
Musical arts
Artist diploma

Natural Sciences

Applied physics
Biochemistry and cell biology
Bioscience and health policy
Chemistry
Earth, environmental and planetary sciences
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Environmental analysis
Mathematics
Physics and astronomy
Science teaching
Space studies
Subsurface geoscience
Systems, synthetic and physical biology

Social Sciences

Anthropology
Economics
Energy economics
Global affairs
Human factors/human computer interaction
Linguistics
Political science
Psychological sciences
Sociology

University highlights

2012
#120
2014
#=136
2015
#=129
2016
#106
2017
#90
2018
#89
2019
#=87
2020
#85
2021
#89
2022
#94
2023
#100
2024
#=145
2025
#=141
2026
#=119

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

8,135

PG students

42%

UG students

58%

International students

3,022

PG students

60%

UG students

40%

Total faculty staff

1,163

Int'l staff

436

Domestic staff

727

Total students

8,135

PG students

42%

UG students

58%

International students

3,022

PG students

60%

UG students

40%

Total faculty staff

1,163

Domestic staff

727

Int'l staff

436

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Scholarships

Offered

Yes

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