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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.

Graduates a year313% of the class
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate8%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

Around Rice

A view of the Rice University Campus
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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
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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.

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Nearby in the languages ranking

  1. Brown University 95
  2. Johns Hopkins University 95
  3. Georgetown University 94
  4. Stanford University 94
  5. Bryn Mawr College 94
  6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  7. Tufts University 93
  8. Northwestern University 93

Other strong majors at Rice

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.

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