Rice University
School info
4.2
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.4
Food
3.7
Clubs
4
Facilities
4.5
Internet
4.3
Location
4.1
Opportunities
4.3
Safety
4.3
Social
3.9
Happiness
4.1
Basic Information
Location
- Houston, TX
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private research university
- Established: September 23, 1912; 112 years ago (September 23, 1912)
- Founder: William Marsh Rice
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 50 majors
Key Area
- Nanoscale science
- Computing and information technology
- Quantum phenomena
- Sustainable water management
- Health and well-being
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 8,672 (fall 2022)
- Undergraduates: 4,494 (fall 2022)
- Postgraduates: 4,178 (fall 2022)
- Academic Staff: 680 full-time (fall 2018)
- Administrative Staff: 2,152
Notable Alumni
- Howard Hughes
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Robert F. Curl Jr.
- Peggy Whitson
- John Doerr
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Good reviews
Overall 5
This school is a fantastic place to be educated with unparalleled academics.
Overall 4.9
Outstanding - professors teach the classes, and you have the opportunity to perform world-class research. Students are incredibly intelligent. It can be a challenging transition for new students being not the one of the smarter ones in the room. But this is how you learn and how you can be challenged to reach your potential.
Overall 4.8
One of the best academic and social experiences out there.
Overall 4.8
rice is great
Overall 4.7
Rice is a great school that offers many great opportunities. I've struggled to find the community I'm looking for, but that honestly has nothing to do with what the school offers. Though it's a small school and everyone knows everyone and their mother, the facilities are great and (most, like all places) of the people are very friendly.
Overall 4.7
Rice is amazing, the campus is beautiful, the food is almost always great, the classes are rigorous but not impossible feeling, and the walkability of the campus is amazing. You can walk from one side of campus to the other in 15 minutes. My only complaint is the drastic difference between the best dorms and the worst dorms on campus.
Overall 4.5
I love Rice! I picked this school over others like Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, and Cornell, and I do not regret my decision at all. I have really enjoyed my time here. It is a wonderful tight-knit community with ample resources. Professors are very kind and personable and small class sizes means you can get to know them one-on-one.
Overall 4.5
The best university!
Overall 4.5
Excellent school!
Overall 4.5
This school is freaking AMAZING! The classes are top notch and you find better teachers anywhere!
Bad reviews
Overall 1.5
literally the worst. tried to transfer and yet i'm stuck here. the "happiest students" thing is completely false.
Overall 1.5
The professors sure lack the insight one would expect from such a "prestigious" university. I completely REGRET coming this school. You'd think we could make up for our unimpressive faculty with competitive athletic programs, but we are nonexistent in sports other than baseball. Our hometown rival UH regularly embarrasses us in football.
Overall 1.8
Didn't like the place. I chose it because they made things cheaper than Vanderbilt and Duke, but I regretted lots of it. Not a great place.