At a Glance

Rice University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and research universities because of its: 

• Size- 3,102 undergraduates and 2,237 graduate students
• Selectivity-12 applicants for each place in the freshman class
• Resources-an undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 and an endowment of $910,380 per FTE student
• Residential college system-which builds communities that are both close-knit and diverse
• Collaborative culture-which crosses disciplines, integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate work