Rice University Graduate Programs

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.

Where Is Rice University?

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

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,567 graduate students at Rice, 64% are male and 36% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	379
Black or African American	178
Hispanic or Latino	256
White	1,304
International Students	1,281
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.

Rice University Graduate Concentrations

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

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	631	0	631
Computer Information Systems	0	281	15	296
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	0	43	20	63
Music	0	55	4	59
Biomedical Engineering	0	34	21	55
Chemistry	0	24	22	46
Statistics	0	34	9	43
Data Science	0	42	0	42
Physics	0	15	21	36
Chemical Engineering	0	13	19	32
Economics	0	24	7	31
Mechanical Engineering	0	15	6	21
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	20	20
Nanotechnology	0	10	10	20
International Relations & National Security	0	20	0	20
Systems Theory	0	19	0	19
Political Science & Government	0	6	10	16
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	15	0	15
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	15	0	15
Mathematics	0	7	8	15
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	6	9	15
Business Administration & Management	0	8	6	14
Operations Research	0	13	0	13
History	0	8	5	13
Applied Mathematics	0	9	2	11
Engineering Physics	0	8	2	10
Religious Studies	0	7	3	10
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	7	0	9
Civil Engineering	0	2	6	8
Environmental Engineering	0	4	4	8
General Psychology	0	3	5	8
General Architecture	0	7	0	7
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	7	0	7
General English Literature	0	1	6	7
Engineering-Related Fields	0	6	0	6
Natural Resources Conservation	0	6	0	6
Biological & Physical Science	0	1	4	5
Human Computer Interaction	0	5	0	5
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	1	3	4
Philosophy	0	3	1	4
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	3	0	3
Anthropology	0	0	3	3
Sociology	0	0	3	3
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	3	3
Electrical Engineering	0	2	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	1	0	1
Physical Science Technicians	0	1	0	1
Architectural History	0	0	0	0
General Biology	0	0	0	0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0
Classical & Ancient Studies	0	0	0	0
Cognitive Science	0	0	0	0
Data Analytics	0	0	0	0
Medieval Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	1,422	257	1,681

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.