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General Information
- Address
Rice University
PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas
77005 (Mail: 77251–1892)- Control:
Private
- Academic Calendar:
Semester
- Religious Affiliation:
None
- Web Site:
www.rice.edu
- Main Phone:
(713) 348-0000
- Admissions Phone:
(713) 348-7423
Student Body
- Full-Time Undergraduates:
3,025
- Part-Time Undergraduates:
110
- Total Male Undergraduates:
1,556
- Total Female Undergraduates:
1,469
Admissions
- Overall Acceptance Rate:
22%
- Early-Action Acceptance Rate:
28%
- Early Decision Acceptance Rate:
30%
- Regular Acceptance Rate:
17%
- Total Applicants:
8,106
- Total Acceptances:
1,802
- Yield (% of admitted students who actually enroll):
39%
- Early Decision Available?
Yes
- Early Action Available?
Yes
- Early Decision One Deadline:
November 1
- Early Decision Two Deadline:
December 1 (Interim)
- Early Decision One Notification:
December 15
- Early Decision Two Notification:
February 10 (Interim)
- Regular Decision Deadline:
January 10
- Regular Decision Notification:
April 1
- Must-Reply-By Date:
January 2 (Early)
May 1 (Interim, Regular)- Students Accepted from Waiting List:
514
- Students Enrolled from Waiting List:
40
- Transfer Applications Received:
491
- Transfer Applications Accepted:
105
- Transfer Students Enrolled:
63
- Transfer Student Yield:
60%
- Common Application Accepted?
Yes
- Supplemental Forms?
Yes
- Admissions E-Mail:
admissions@rice.edu
- Admissions Web Site:
www.rice.edu/prospect
- SAT I or ACT Required?
Either
- SAT I Range (25th–75th Percentile):
1330–1540
- SAT I Verbal Range (25th–75th Percentile):
660–760
- SAT I Math Range (25th–75th Percentile):
670–780
- SAT II Requirements for all departments:
Writing and two additional tests selected by applicant
- Retention Rate:
92%
- Top 10% of High School Class:
86%
- Application Fee:
$50
Financial Information
- Tuition:
$20,160
- Room and Board:
$8,980
- Books and Supplies:
$800
- Average Need-Based Financial Aid Package (including loans, work-study, grants, and other sources):
$19,565
- Students Who Applied for Financial Aid:
74%
- Students Who Received Financial Aid:
32%
- Financial Aid Forms Deadline:
November 1 (Early Decision)
February 1 (Interim, Regular)- Financial Aid Phone:
(713) 348-4958
- Financial Aid E-mail:
fina@rice.edu
- Financial Aid Web Site:
www.ruf.rice.edu/~fina
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