Fall 2020
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Size: 4,052 undergraduate and 3,484 graduate degree-seeking students
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Selectivity: 24 applicants for each place in the freshman class
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Faculty: 698 full-time and 197 part-time instructional faculty
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97 percent of our full-time instructional faculty have a doctorate or terminal degree in their field
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A focus on teaching: An undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of just under 6 to 1
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a median undergraduate class size of 14
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Research excellence: Approximately $145 million in annual externally funded research expenditures during the 2019-20 academic year
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Rice encourages engagement of undergraduate and graduate students in the creation of new knowledge and technology
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Residential college system: 11 close-knit and diverse communities
Information on this page is updated late in the fall semester.