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
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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.
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Boeing
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Capital One
- Epic
- Meta
- Microsoft
- Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Top 10 Graduate School Destinations
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rice University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Yale University