You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Chemical Physics Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified ’s chemical physics students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.