Editing Rice University (section)

===Admissions===
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|+ ''Fall Freshman Statistics''
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!2024<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://admission.rice.edu/apply/freshman/admission-statistics|title=Admission Statistics {{!}} Undergraduate Admission {{!}} Rice University|website=admission.rice.edu|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103230441/https://admission.rice.edu/apply/freshman/admission-statistics|url-status=live}}</ref>
!2023
!2022!! 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/3.%20CDS_2016-2017_WEBSITE(1).pdf|title=Common Data Set 2016–2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172933/https://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/3.%20CDS_2016-2017_WEBSITE(1).pdf|archive-date=2017-08-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="CDS2015">{{cite web|url=https://oir.rice.edu/students-scholars/admissions/undergraduate/selectivity|title=Rice University Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Rice University|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004137/https://oir.rice.edu/students-scholars/admissions/undergraduate/selectivity|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/4.%20CDS_2014-2015_Website.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2014–2015 |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011092311/http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/4.%20CDS_2014-2015_Website.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>!! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/CDS_2013-14_draft%207_web%20version.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2013–2014 |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905213040/http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/CDS_2013-14_draft%207_web%20version.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! Applicants
|32,473
|31,059
|31,443
| 29,544 || 23,455 || 27,087 || 20,923
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! Admits
|2,597
|2,447
|2,730
| 2,802 || 2,555 || 2,361 || 2,328
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! Admit rate
|8.0%
|7.9%
|8.7%
| 9.5% || 10.9% || 8.7% || 11.1% 
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! Enrolled
|1,148
|1,125
|1,203
| 1,226 || 993 || 964 || 960
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! SAT range
|1510-1560
|1500-1570
|1490–1570
| 1490-1570 || 1460-1570 || 1470-1560 || 1460-1550
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! ACT range
|34-35
|34-36
|34-36
| 34-35 || 34-36 || 33-35 || 33-35 
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Admission to Rice is rated as "most selective" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604 |title=Rice University |year=2017 |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=November 10, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160944/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For fall 2024, Rice received 32,473 freshmen applications of which 2,597 were admitted (8.0%) slightly higher than the record-low 7.9% acceptance rate in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2024/03/7-5-acceptance-rate-marks-lowest-in-rice-history|title=7.5% acceptance rate marks lowest in Rice history|website=The Rice Thresher|access-date=2024-03-29|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240401020939/https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2024/03/7-5-acceptance-rate-marks-lowest-in-rice-history|url-status=live}}</ref> The 25th and 75th [[SAT]] scores for the class of 2024 were 1510 and 1560 respectively; the same numbers for the [[ACT (test)|ACT]] Composite score was 34–35.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class Profile |url=https://admission.rice.edu/apply/class-profile |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Office of Admission {{!}} Rice University |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424023136/https://admission.rice.edu/apply/class-profile |url-status=live }}</ref>

Admission to the university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://financialaid.rice.edu/forms-resources/frequently-asked-questions |website=Office of Financial Aid |publisher=Rice University |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231413/https://financialaid.rice.edu/forms-resources/frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live }}</ref>