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Health & pre-med fields at Rice

Rice graduates about 18 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 54th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $12 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#54 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year182% of the class
Research in the field$12Ma 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
George R. Brown Hall, Rice University, Houston, TexasPhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Rice Student Health and Wellness Center, Mudd Computer Science Building, Space Science and Technology Building, BioScience Research Collaborative.

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 pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. University of Wyoming 81
  2. Chapman University 81
  3. University of Richmond 81
  4. Lehigh University 81
  5. University of Kansas 80
  6. Texas Christian University 80
  7. University of San Francisco 80
  8. University of Dayton 80

Other strong majors at Rice

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in pre-med & health fields. 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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