Rice earned 145 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 23 in the top 1%, 52 in the top 5%, 43 in the top 10% and 27 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 354 in Basketball (D1), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 145 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 23 / 52
Highest placement: #1 of 354, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 18
Placements this edition: 276
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Rice University Earned?
Rice University holds 145 ranking badges across 18 fields of study, 75 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
23
Top 5%
52
Top 10%
43
Top 15%
27
Total
145
What Is Rice University Known For?
Rice University is best known for Engineering: 16 of its 124 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Nanotechnology, General Biology and History. Its highest traditional-student placement is #1 of 12 in Most Popular for Nanotechnology.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Rice University earned 20 badges across 15 sports, 12 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 354 in Basketball (D1).
How Does Rice University Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, Rice University earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #9 of 140 in Most Popular Online for Management Sciences & Methods.
Rice University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #994 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 21%).
The rankings above are based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. Rice University appears in 276 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team