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Civil engineering at Rice

Rice graduates about 19 civil engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 25th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $15 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#25 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year192% of the class
Research in the field$15Ma year, NSF
Admit rate8%whole school
SAT middle 50%1510–1560whole school

Around Rice

Herzstein Hall
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Duncan Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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View of McMurtry College quad from the top floor deck.
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Brown College Commons, Rice University
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Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Facilities, Engineering and Planning Building, Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Ryon Engineering Laboratory.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 21 · Dining 9 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. Johns Hopkins University 85
  2. New Jersey Institute of Technology 84
  3. San Diego State University 84
  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  5. Columbia University 83
  6. University of Florida 82
  7. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 82

Other strong majors at Rice

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in civil engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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