Rice Culture

Rice University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and research universities for the following reasons:

• Size: 3,001 undergraduates and 2,144 graduate students

• Selectivity: 12 applicants for each place in the freshman class

• Resources: An undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5:1 and an endowment of $946,785 per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student

• Residential College System: Builds communities that are both close-knit and diverse

• Collaborative Culture: Crosses disciplines, integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate work

Last Updated: May 20, 2008