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What They’re Saying About Rice

Rice University is considered one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher education. Here’s why:

Key Rankings

  • No. 8 best value among private universities nationally and No. 1 in Texas
  • One of “50 Schools That Create Futures”
  • One of U.S. Department of Education’s 23 four-year schools with low costs that lead to high incomes
  • Two Nobel Prize winners in chemistry
  • Two National Medal of Science faculty winners
  • Consistently ranked among top 20 universities in U.S. overall
  • Top Carnegie classifications for “very high research activity” and “comprehensive doctoral program”
  • One of only three Tier One universities in Texas
  • No. 1 best quality of life
  • No. 1 lots of race/class interaction

Universitywide Rankings

U.S. News & World Report

  • Ranked among top 20 national universities every year since first ranked in 1988; currently tied for No. 14 (2018)
  • No. 3 among national universities with strong commitment to undergraduate teaching (2018)
  • No. 14 among 50 national universities ranked as best values (2018)

Princeton Review (2018)

  • No. 12 colleges that pay you back without aid
  • No. 17 top colleges that pay you back
  • No. 22 best career placement

Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education

  • No. 14 among U.S. colleges (2018)

Kiplinger’s Best College Values (2018)

  • No. 5 among private universities
  • No. 8 on the combined private and public colleges

Niche.com

  • No. 1 colleges with best student life in America (2018)
  • No. 5 best colleges (2018)
  • No. 5 top private universities in America (2018)

Payscale

  • No. 1 best colleges in Texas by salary potential (2017)

School Rankings

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Susanne M. Glasscock
School of
Continuing Studies

School of Architecture

School of
Architecture

George R. Brown School of Engineering

George R. Brown
School of Engineering

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business

Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School
of Business

The Shepherd School of Music

The Shepherd
School of Music

School of Humanities

School of
Humanities

School of Social Sciences

School of
Social Sciences

Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Wiess
School of
Natural Sciences

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

James A. Baker III
Institute for
Public Policy

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship

Rice Alliance for
Technology and
Entrepreneurship

Rice Athletics

Rice
Athletics

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