Nanotechnology at Rice University

What traits are you looking for in a nanotech school? To help you decide if Rice University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nanotech program.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in nanotech from Rice.

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

Rice Nanotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nanotech
• Master’s Degree in Nanotech
• Doctorate Degree in Nanotech

Rice Nanotechnology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nanotech progam at Rice compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nanotech major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nanotechnology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Schools	1

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in nanotech from Rice. This makes it the #4 most popular school for nanotech master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in nanotech, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nanotech Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Nanotechnology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 nanotech students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rice, about 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical nanotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nanotech 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 nanotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice Nanotechnology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of nanotech master's degrees went to men and 30% 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 nanotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice also has a doctoral program available in nanotech. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Nanotech Grads May Go Into

A degree in nanotech 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
Engineers	10,710	$113,370

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
• Image Credit: By Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.