Student Population at Rice

The following chart compares Rice's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

Rice has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 21,070 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Texas average (2,095 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Rice University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,983 male and 3,978 female students attending Rice. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.25 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Rice.

By age, there are 6,118 students whose age under twenty five and 1,332 students whose age is over thirty years old at Rice University.

Especially, 67 students are younger than eighteen and 14 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Rice University.

At Rice University, 832 students (9.28% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 541 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 336 students live in Texas where Rice University is located in and 168 students have enrolled from other states.