Engineering is a program of study at Rice University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Rice paid an average of $2,096 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $50,310 | $50,310 |
Fees | $797 | $797 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,500 | $14,500 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,700 | $2,700 |
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Online degrees for the Rice engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rice Online Learning page.
Women made up around 36.5% of the engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 53.9% of the engineering bachelor’s degrees at Rice in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 34 |
Black or African American | 11 |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 50 |
International Students | 23 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 35 |
Chemical Engineering | 36 |
Civil Engineering | 19 |
Electrical Engineering | 38 |
Mechanical Engineering | 39 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.