Rankings Highlights
2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools
- #25, George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
- #11, Environmental Engineering
- #12, Biomedical/Bioengineering
- #21, Chemical Engineering
- #21, Computer Science: Programming Languages
- #21, Computer Science: Systems**
- #22, Electrical Engineering
- #22, Materials Engineering
- #23, Computer Engineering
- #25, Biostatistics
- #27, Computer Science
- #27, Statistics
- #28, Civil Engineering
- #31, Mechanical Engineering
** 2024 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.
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
Degrees Awarded
|
Annual Year |
Undergraduate |
Professional Master's |
MA / MS |
PhD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2024-25 |
485 |
348 |
780 |
146 |
|
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
- 2025: 1,694 undergraduate, 1,681 graduate
- 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
- ACT 25th percentile: 35, 75th percentile: 35
- SAT 25th percentile: 1510, 75th percentile: 1560
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Research & Faculty
- Tenured and tenure-track faculty: 171
- National Academy of Engineering members: 16
- National Academy of Inventors: 10
- National Academy of Sciences members: 4
- National Academy of Medicine members: 3
- Total research expenditures: $107.6M
- 60% of undergraduates have significant research experience by graduation
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Graduates & Alumni
- Degrees granted (2024-25): Ph.D. 146, MA/MS 80; Professional Master's 348; Undergraduate 485
- After graduation: Engineering 87%; Medicine 9%; Mathematics 4%
- Average starting salary of graduates: $106,618
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.
- Epic
- Amazon
- Paycom
- Meta
- Microsoft
- Bloomberg
- Capital One
- Datadog
- GE Vernova
Top 10 Graduate School Destinations
- Rice University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of California, Berkeley
- Purdue University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Columbia University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Southern California
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston