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Located in Houston, Texas, Rice University is a private not-for-profit institution. Houston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

1,135 Master's Degrees
225 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Rice University?

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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

Rice University Graduate Student Diversity

4,038 Graduate Students
36% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,038 graduate students at Rice, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rice University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 461
Black or African American 237
Hispanic or Latino 318
White 1,274
International Students 1,579
Other Races/Ethnicities 169

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Rice University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 90 countries are represented at Rice. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Rice University

498 Took All Classes Online
910 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 910 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rice has changed over the last few years.

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Rice University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 604 0 604
Music 85 3 88
Computer Information Systems 70 6 76
Biomedical Engineering 33 17 50
Chemistry 23 21 44
Statistics 26 12 38
Economics 27 11 38
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 21 13 34
Mechanical Engineering 18 10 28
Physics 11 15 26
International Relations & National Security 25 0 25
Data Science 22 0 22
Nanotechnology 11 10 21
Architectural Sciences & Technology 19 0 19
Chemical Engineering 7 12 19
Systems Theory 18 0 18
General Psychology 7 11 18
Religious Studies 10 5 15
Sociology 10 5 15
Environmental Engineering 7 6 13
Applied Mathematics 8 5 13
Geological & Earth Sciences 6 7 13
Liberal Arts General Studies 12 0 12
Engineering Physics 6 4 10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 2 7 9
Operations Research 9 0 9
General English Literature 3 5 8
Mathematics 1 7 8
History 3 4 7
Biological & Physical Science 0 7 7
Political Science & Government 1 6 7
Teacher Education Grade Specific 6 0 6
Philosophy 3 3 6
Anthropology 4 2 6
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 5 5
Business Administration & Management 3 2 5
Electrical Engineering 5 0 5
Civil Engineering 0 3 3
Human Computer Interaction 3 0 3
Natural Resources Conservation 3 0 3
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2 0 2
Fine & Studio Arts 1 1 2
Architectural History 0 0 0
General Architecture 0 0 0
General Biology 0 0 0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0
Applied Statistics 0 0 0
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 0
Cognitive Science 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0
Health & Physical Education 0 0 0
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0
Physical Science Technicians 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,135 225 1,360

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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