by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Rice University came in at #20 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, Rice received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Texas, Rice came in at #1.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Rice came in at #8. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. This makes Rice a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
In addition, Rice took the #1 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Texas.
The total graduate student population at Rice is made up of 36.0% women and 64.0% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 24.9% of the graduate students who attend Rice are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 35.9% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,279 | $49,279 |
| Fees | $662 | $662 |
Master's degree recipients from Rice earn an average salary of $71,091 during the early years of their career. That's good news for those graduates since it is 22% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Rice are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6100 S Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1827 |
| Phone: | 713-348-0000 |
| Website: | www.rice.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/RiceUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RiceUniversity |
Around 33.8% of Rice graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 12.7% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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