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Rice University

Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1827

Official telephone: (713) 348-7423
Fax number: (713) 348-5323
Website: https://www.rice.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,789
Full-time undergraduates: 4,683
Part-time undergraduates: 105
Total graduate students: 4,178
Full-time graduate students: 3,605
Part-time graduate students: 573
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
29.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.9% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.7% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
25.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
12.8% Nonresident Alien
2.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Rice University
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 300 acres
Nearest major city: Houston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 250
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service
Counseling services:
career

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's fencing  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's water polo  
Women's badminton  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo  
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; football; golf; racquetball; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Hobby

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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