Editing Rice University (section)

==Academics==
[[File:Lovett Hall.jpg|thumb|Lovett Hall, formerly known as the Administration Building, was the first building on campus.]]
Rice is a medium-sized, highly residential research university.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Rice University |url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/rice-university/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION |language=en-US |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122235221/https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/rice-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of enrollments are in the full-time, four-year undergraduate program emphasizing arts & sciences and professions. There is a very high level of research activity.<ref name=":6" /> It is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] as well as the professional accreditation agencies for engineering, management, and architecture.<ref name="Rice Facts - University Accreditation"/>

Each of Rice's departments is organized into one of three distribution groups, and students whose major lies within the scope of one group must take at least 3 courses of at least 3 credit hours each of approved distribution classes in each of the other two groups, as well as completing one physical education course as part of the LPAP (Lifetime Physical Activity Program) requirement. All new students must take a Freshman Writing Intensive Seminar (FWIS) class, and for students who do not pass the university's  composition examination (administered during the summer before matriculation), FWIS 100, a writing class, becomes an additional requirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://compexam.rice.edu/|title=Rice Composition Exam|year=2012|publisher=Rice University|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-date=September 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909063738/http://compexam.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student body===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition {{as of|2022|05|02|lc=yes|df=US}}
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Rice University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?227757-Rice-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525015042/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?227757-Rice-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|31|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|28|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|83|%|2||background:black}}
|}

As of fall 2022, men make up 51.1% of the undergraduate body and 63.1% of the professional and post-graduate student body.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Student Enrollment |url=https://oie.rice.edu/IR-reporting/student-enrollment |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Office of Institutional Effectiveness {{!}} Rice University |language=en |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302012405/https://oie.rice.edu/IR-reporting/student-enrollment |url-status=live }}</ref> 36.9% of degree-seeking students are from out of state, 35.9% are from Texas and 27.2% are from outside of the United States.<ref name=":5" /> In 2022, the largest proportion of international students came from Asian countries, with 1623 out of the 2344 total students (or 69.24%) coming from China (1145), India (296), Taiwan (93), and Korea (89).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://oiss.rice.edu/stats | title=Rice International Statistics }}</ref> 

===Honor Code===
The Rice Honor Code plays an integral role in academic affairs. Almost all Rice exams are unproctored and professors give timed, closed-book exams that students take home and complete at their own convenience. Potential infractions are reported to the student Honor Council, elected by popular vote. The penalty structure is established every year by Council consensus; typically, penalties have ranged from a letter of reprimand to an 'F' in the course and a two semester suspension.<ref name="Rice Honor Council"/> During Orientation Week, students must take and pass a test demonstrating that they understand the Honor System's requirements and sign a Matriculation Pledge. On assignments, Rice students affirm their commitment to the Honor Code by writing ''"On my honor, I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this [examination, quiz or paper]".''<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

===Research centers and resources===
* Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – supports entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures in Houston and Texas through education, collaboration, and research, ranked No. 1 among university business incubators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ranch/living/rice-alliance-for-technology-and-entrepreneurship-named-no-university-business/article_642d56f0-de72-5bac-83da-f884a1483a0a.html|title=Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship named No. 1 university business incubator in the world|work=www.yourkatynews.com|access-date=25 December 2014|date=2014-06-24|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033547/https://www.chron.com/life/health/article/Rice-Alliance-for-Technology-and-Entrepreneurship-9884518.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Baker Institute for Public Policy]] – a leading nonpartisan public policy think-tank
* BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) – interdisciplinary, cross-campus, and inter-institutional resource between Rice University and [[Texas Medical Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brc.rice.edu|title=BioScience Research Collaborative Leading Research. Infinite Possibilities. Rice University|website=brc.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625193407/https://brc.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Boniuk Institute – dedicated to religious tolerance and advancing religious literacy, respect and mutual understanding<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boniuk.rice.edu|title=Boniuk Institute Rice University|website=boniuk.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624093341/https://boniuk.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Center for African and African American Studies – fosters conversations on topics such as critical approaches to race and racism, the nature of diasporic histories and identities, and the complexity of Africa's past, present and future<ref>{{Cite web|last=Britto|first=Brittany|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Rice-launches-new-center-for-African-American-14561109.php|title=Rice launches new center for African, African-American studies|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920213502/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Rice-launches-new-center-for-African-American-14561109.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Chao Center for Asian Studies – research hub for faculty, students and post-doctoral scholars working in Asian studies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chaocenter.rice.edu/|title=Chao Center for Asian Studies Rice University|website=chaocenter.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102051828/http://chaocenter.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (CSWGS) – interdisciplinary academic programs and research opportunities, including the journal ''Feminist Economics''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cswgs.rice.edu|title=Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality|website=cswgs.rice.edu|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705093910/https://cswgs.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Data to Knowledge Lab (D2K) – campus hub for experiential learning in data science<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d2k.rice.edu|title=Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge (D2K) Rice University|website=d2k.rice.edu|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608174557/https://d2k.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Digital Signal Processing (DSP) – center for education and research in the field of digital signal processing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsp.rice.edu|title=Rice University Digital Signal Processing (DSP)|website=dsp.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423084516/https://dsp.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Humanities Research Center (HRC) – identifies, encourages, and funds innovative research projects by faculty, visiting scholars, graduate, and undergraduate students in the School of Humanities and beyond<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hrc.rice.edu|title=Welcome – Humanities Research Center|website=hrc.rice.edu|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704224111/https://hrc.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) – facilitates the translation of interdisciplinary research and education in biosciences and bioengineering<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ibb.rice.edu|title=Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB)|website=ibb.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423051243/https://ibb.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology – advances applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computation and information technology<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kenkennedy.rice.edu|title=Rice University Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology|website=kenkennedy.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628163420/https://kenkennedy.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Kinder Institute for Urban Research – conducts the Houston Area Survey, "the nation's longest running study of any metropolitan region's economy, population, life experiences, beliefs and attitudes"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinder.rice.edu/about/|title=About : Kinder Institute for Urban Research|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008102700/http://kinder.rice.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) – a resource for education and research breakthroughs and advances in the broad, multidisciplinary field of nanophotonics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanp.blogs.rice.edu|title=Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP)|website=lanp.blogs.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625201254/https://lanp.blogs.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) - experiential learning and co-curricular activities in entrepreneurship<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|title=Lilie Lab Rice University|website=business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|access-date=29 March 2022|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623191446/https://business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Moody Center for the Arts – experimental arts space featuring studio classrooms, maker space, audiovisual editing booths, and a gallery and office space for visiting national and international artists<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moody.rice.edu|title=Moody Center for the Arts|website=moody.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624163933/https://moody.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[OpenStax CNX]] (formerly ''Connexions'') and [[OpenStax]] – an [[open-source model|open source]] platform and [[open access]] publisher, respectively, of [[open educational resources]]
* Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) – space for undergraduate students to design, prototype and deploy solutions to real-world engineering challenges<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oedk.rice.edu/|title=Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen|website=oedk.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329094005/http://oedk.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rice Advanced Materials Institute]] - interdisciplinary research institute focused on materials discovery, design, and manufacturing for applications in energy, sustainability, and national security.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Sarah |title=Rice selects Lane Martin to lead new Advanced Materials Institute |url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-selects-lane-martin-lead-new-advanced-materials-institute}}</ref>
* Rice Cinema – an independent theater run by the Visual and Dramatic Arts department at Rice which screens documentaries, foreign films, and experimental cinema and hosts film festivals and lectures since 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vada.rice.edu/rice-cinema|title=Rice Cinema|website=vada.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328054855/https://vada.rice.edu/rice-cinema|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcel.rice.edu|title=Rice Center for Engineering Leadership|website=rcel.rice.edu|access-date=23 June 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907202105/http://rcel.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) – a research, training and outreach program working to advance understandings of the role of religion in public life<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rplp.rice.edu/|title=Religion and Public Life Program|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083805/https://rplp.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Design Alliance (RDA) – outreach and public programs of the Rice School of Architecture<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ricedesignalliance.org|title=Rice Design Alliance|website=ricedesignalliance.org|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033550/https://www.ricedesignalliance.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM) – organization dedicated to research and higher education in areas relating to quantum phenomena<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcqm.rice.edu|title=Rice Center for Quantum Materials|website=rcqm.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418025843/https://rcqm.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Engineering Initiative for Energy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS) – research initiative on energy generation, long-term energy storage and the development of processes and materials for sustainable energy systems<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reinvents.rice.edu/|title=REINVENTS Rice University|website=reinvents.rice.edu|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308053447/https://reinvents.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Neuroengineering Initiative (NEI) – fosters research collaborations in neural engineering topics<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neuroengineering|url=https://neuroengineering.rice.edu/|website=Neuroengineering {{!}} Rice University|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502023419/https://neuroengineering.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Rice Space Institute (RSI) – fosters programs in all areas of space research<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsi.rice.edu|title=Rice Space Institute|website=rsi.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912030115/https://rsi.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Smalley-Curl Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (SCI) – the nation's first nanotechnology center<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sci.rice.edu|title=Rice Smalley-Curl Institute|website=sci.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608174623/https://sci.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Welch Institute for Advanced Materials – collaborative research institute to support the foundational research for discoveries in [[materials science]], similar to the model of [[Salk Institute for Biological Studies|Salk Institute]] and [[Broad Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://welchinstitute.org|title=The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials|website=welchinstitute.org|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327081920/https://welchinstitute.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Woodson Research Center|Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives]] – publisher of print and web-based materials highlighting the department's primary source collections such as the Houston African American, Asian American, and Jewish History Archives, University Archives, rare books, and hip hop/rap music-related materials from the [[Swishahouse]] record label and Houston Folk Music Archive, etc.

===Admissions===
{| style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px" "text-align:center; font-size:85%; margin:auto;" class="wikitable"
|+ ''Fall Freshman Statistics''
|-
!&nbsp;
!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>
|-align="center"
! Applicants
|32,473
|31,059
|31,443
| 29,544 || 23,455 || 27,087 || 20,923
|-align="center"
! Admits
|2,597
|2,447
|2,730
| 2,802 || 2,555 || 2,361 || 2,328
|-align="center"
! Admit rate
|8.0%
|7.9%
|8.7%
| 9.5% || 10.9% || 8.7% || 11.1% 
|-align="center"
! Enrolled
|1,148
|1,125
|1,203
| 1,226 || 993 || 964 || 960
|-align="center"
! SAT range
|1510-1560
|1500-1570
|1490–1570
| 1490-1570 || 1460-1570 || 1470-1560 || 1460-1550
|-align="center"
! ACT range
|34-35
|34-36
|34-36
| 34-35 || 34-36 || 33-35 || 33-35 
|}

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>

===Rankings and reputation===
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{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 9
| THE_WSJ = 29
| THES_W = 119
| QS_W = 141
| USNWR_NU = 17
| USNWR_W = 223
| Wamo_NU = 95
| ARWU_W = 101–150
}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right" "text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}}" |National Program Rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Rice University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 26, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rice-university-227757/overall-rankings|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124145620/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rice-university-227757/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Biological Sciences || 39
|-
| Business || 25
|-
| Chemistry || 32
|-
| Computer Science || 20
|-
| Earth Sciences || 24
|-
| Economics || 42
|-
| Engineering || 33
|-
| English || 35
|-
| History || 34
|-
| Mathematics || 26
|-
| Physics || 28
|-
| Political Science || 33
|-
| Psychology || 50
|-
| Statistics || 43
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right" "text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}}" |Global Subject Rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Rice University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 26, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818052956/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Arts & Humanities || 194
|-
| Biology & Biochemistry || 222
|-
| Chemistry || 119
|-
| Clinical Medicine || 684
|-
| Engineering || 224
|-
| Environment/Ecology || 248
|-
| Geosciences || 163
|-
| Materials Science || 14
|-
| Mathematics || 87
|-
| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 333
|-
| Physics || 82
|-
| Social Sciences & Public Health || 386
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Rice was ranked tied at 17th among national universities and 108th among global universities, 6th for "best undergraduate teaching", 5th for "Best Value", and tied for 16th "Most Innovative" among national universities in the U.S. by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in its 2022 edition.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Rice University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604/overall-rankings |access-date=February 26, 2022 |work=U.S. News & World Report |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425183327/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, '[[Forbes]]' magazine ranked Rice University 9th nationally among 500 liberal arts colleges, universities and service academies, 1st among universities in the south, and 9th among research universities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/rice-university/?list=top-colleges | title=Rice University | website=[[Forbes]] | access-date=September 13, 2019 | archive-date=November 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125115033/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/rice-university/?list=top-colleges | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Rice was ranked 105th in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]''. In 2020, Rice was ranked tied for 95th internationally (41st nationally) by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]''. Rice University was also ranked 85th globally in 2020 by ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''.

The ''[[Princeton Review]]'' ranked Rice as one of the top 50 best value private colleges in its 2020 edition.<ref name="Rice University - Rankings & Lists8"/>