Computational & Applied Mathematics at Rice University

If you are interested in studying computational & applied mathematics, 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 approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

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

Rice Computational & Applied Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computational and Applied Math
• Master’s Degree in Computational and Applied Math

Rice Computational & Applied Mathematics Rankings

The computational and applied math major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational & Applied Mathematics. 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in computational and applied math, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computational and Applied Math Student Demographics at Rice

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational and applied math majors at Rice University.

Rice Computational & Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of computational and applied math bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computational and applied math 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 computational and applied math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rice Computational & Applied Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of computational and applied math master's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

In the computational and applied math master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Computational and Applied Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational and applied math 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
Mathematical Science Professors	4,780	$83,460
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Statisticians	1,860	$84,940
Actuaries	1,000	$107,260

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.