Languages at Rice
Rice graduates about 31 languages majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 586 schools we score for languages, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Rice




Where languages happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Humanities Building, Fondren Library.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 21 · Dining 9 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1.
Nearby in the languages ranking
Other strong majors at Rice
- Computer science 96 · #11
- Math & statistics 96 · #8
- Engineering (all) 96 · #7
- Architecture 95 · #1
- Economics 94 · #17
- Biology 93 · #7
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in languages. 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.