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Facts & Rankings

20 undergraduate engineering school in the nation, and 13 graduate programs in the top 30 in U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Rankings Highlights

2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools

#26, George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
#10, Biomedical/Bioengineering
#24, Biostatistics*
#25, Chemical Engineering
#23, Civil Engineering
#21, Computer Engineering
#25, Computer Science
#21, Computer Science: Programming Languages
#21, Computer Science: Systems**
#27, Electrical Engineering
#10, Environmental Engineering
#21, Materials Engineering
#30, Mechanical Engineering
#29, Statistics*

** 2024 is the latest ranking for the program.\ * 2023 is the latest ranking for the program.

2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs

#20, George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
#9, Biomedical Engineering
#16, Electrical Engineering
#19, Computer Engineering
#19, Environmental Engineering
#23, Chemical Engineering
#26, Materials Science

Learn more about our academic programs.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Rice Engineering is proud to be a recipient of the Bronze Level Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for its commitment to diversity. The program recognizes colleges that make significant, measurable progress in increasing the diversity, inclusion, and degree attainment outcomes of their programs. This award indicates that Rice Engineering is among the nation’s leaders in inclusive excellence.

36.3% of undergraduate students are women
23.8% of undergraduate students are underrepresented minority students
14% of our 2020 entering undergraduate students are first-generation

AAU Rankings

Rice Engineering ranks as the most diverse schools among AAU institutions:

14, 20.9% female faculty*
8, 8.6% underrepresented minority faculty*
17, 35.2% female undergraduate students*
4, 21.9% underrepresented minority undergraduate students*

*Among self-reporting AAU institutions

Learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing.

Degrees Awarded

Annual Year	Undergraduate	Professional Master's	MA / MS	PhD
2023-24	406	349	73	149
2022-23	400	455	62	118
2021-22	365	173	70	105
2020-21	402	205	55	109
2019-20	344	172	61	90
2018-19	410	162	68	105
2017-18	378	133	65	97
2016-17	359	140	97	100

Engineering Majors

2024: 1,676 undergraduate, 1,642 graduate
2023: 1,609 undergraduate, 1,539 graduate
2022: 1,587 undergraduate, 1,611 graduate
2021: 1,532 undergraduate, 1,363 graduate
2020: 1,477 undergraduate, 1,067 graduate
2019: 1,466 undergraduate 1,032 graduate
2018: 1,486 undergraduate, 996 graduate

First-Year Enrollment, 2023

ACT 25th percentile: 34, 75th percentile: 35
SAT 25th percentile: 1510, 75th percentile: 1560

Learn more about our enrollment and degrees awarded.

Research & Faculty

Tenured and tenure-track faculty: 161 (176 including faculty with start dates after Fall 2024)
National Academy of Engineering members: 16
National Academy of Inventors: 9
National Academy of Sciences members: 4
National Academy of Medicine members: 2
Total research expenditures: $101.9M (2023-24)
60% of undergraduates have significant research experience by graduation

Learn more about our research and faculty.

Graduates & Alumni

Degrees granted (2023-24): Ph.D. 149, MA/MS 73; Professional Master's 349; Undergraduate 406
After graduation: Engineering 76%; Medicine 4%; Graduate arts or sciences 14%; Law 1%; Business 3%; Other 2%
Average starting salary of graduates: 100K+ 53%; $80-100K 28%; $60-80K 17%; $40-60K 1%; $20-40K %1

Top 10 Employment Destinations

Rice Engineering alumni go on to work across the globe at Fortune 500 companies, startups and organizations in industries including technology, medicine, business and more. These are the top placements for our recent alumni.