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Engineering (all) at Rice

Rice graduates about 177 engineering majors a year, 17% of its graduating class. That puts it 7th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.22× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $137 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

96/100Standout#7 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year17717% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.22× the same major nationally
Research in the field$137Ma year, NSF
Admit rate8%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

Around Rice

A view of the Rice University Campus
Rice University CampusPhoto: AnnaLellis · CC BY 4.0 · source
Keck Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Keck Hall, Rice University, Houston, TexasPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · source
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George R. Brown Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Hall, Rice University, Houston, TexasPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where engineering happens

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

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 engineering ranking

  1. Princeton University 97
  2. California Institute of Technology 97
  3. Columbia University 96
  4. Johns Hopkins University 96
  5. Cornell University 95
  6. Northwestern University 95
  7. University of Notre Dame 94
  8. Vanderbilt University 94

Other strong majors at Rice

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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