Engineering at Rice University

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Rice University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Rice Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Rice Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 65 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Rice

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Rice University.

Rice Engineering Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	58
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Rice Engineering Master’s Program

36% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	30
International Students	69
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	97
Mechanical Engineering	77
Chemical Engineering	46
Electrical Engineering	46
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	33
Civil Engineering	26
Operations Research	12
Engineering Physics	10
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	7
Environmental Engineering	1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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