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How Well Is Rice University Ranked?
2023 Rankings
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Rice University was awarded 1,411 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is woodwind instruments.
Overall Quality
College Factual ranked Rice as #23 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Rice held the #25 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Rice also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
See all of the rankings for Rice University.
How Much Money Do Rice Graduates Make?
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average,
students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Rice make about $77,683 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Rice graduates since it is 83% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.