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Rice University

Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1827

Official telephone: (713) 348-0000
Fax number: (713) 348-5323
Website: https://www.rice.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,807
Full-time undergraduates: 4,715
Part-time undergraduates: 91
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
30.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.5% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
24.2% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
13.4% Nonresident Alien
2.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 300 acres
Nearest major city: Houston

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 59%
Percent of students who live off campus: 41%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training

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 baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's fencing  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's soccer  
Men's squash  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Women's badminton  
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's crew  
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's golf  
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's sailingyes 
Women's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Women's skiing (downhill)yes 
Women's soccer  
Women's socceryes 
Women's squash  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennis  
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball  
Women's water poloyes 
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; golf; racquetball; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; swimming and diving; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: George Bush International Airp

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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