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Enrollment & Degrees Awarded

Undergraduate Enrollments, Fall 2022

Department BA BS Undeclared Majors Total
Bioengineering 77* 77
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 57* 57
Civil and Environmental Engineering 3 32* 35
Computational and Applied Mathematics 25 25
Computer Science 190 203 393
Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 94** 95
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 1 14* 15
Mechanical Engineering 2 206* 208
Operations Research 17 17
Statistics 40 34 74
Undeclared Majors*** 591 591
Total School of Engineering Undergraduate Majors 1,587

*BS degree programs that are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The other BS and BA undergraduate programs are not accredited by the EAC of ABET.

**The program leading to the BSEE degree is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, https://www.abet.org. The BSEE was renamed the BSECE degree in academic year 2022-23.

***Although Engineering undergraduates are strongly encouraged to declare an official major before the end of their first year, Rice does not require them to formally declare majors until the spring semester of their second year.

Source: Rice University Census Data provided by the Office of the Registrar


Graduate Enrollments, Fall 2022

Department MS PHD Professional Masters Total
Bioengineering* 129 170
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering* 9 90 24 123
Civil and Environmental Engineering* 4 43 6 53
Computational and Applied Mathematics 29 36 65
Computer Science* 1 111 517 629
Electrical and Computer Engineering* 2 188 37 227
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2 65 18 85
Mechanical Engineering 14 38 8 60
Statistics* 46 65 111
Engineering Management and Leadership 33 3
Total School of Engineering Graduate Majors 32 794 785 1,611

* PhD students in these departments includes students in the Applied Physics program and the Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB) programs.

Source: Rice University Census Data provided by the Office of the Registrar


Undergraduate Degrees Awarded, AY 2021-22

Department BA BS Total
Bioengineering 34* 34
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 25* 25
Civil and Environmental Engineering 3 20* 23
Computational and Applied Mathematics 13 13
Computer Science 74 47 121
Electrical and Computer Engineering 4 45* 49
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 1 5* 6
Mechanical Engineering 1 59* 60
Operations Research 1 1
Statistics 29 4 33
Total School of Engineering Undergraduate Degrees Awarded 365

*BS degree programs that are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The other BS and BA undergraduate programs are not accredited by the EAC of ABET.

Source: Rice University Degrees Awarded provided by the Office of the Registrar


Graduate Degrees Awarded, AY 2021-22

Department MA MS PhD Professional Master's Total
Bioengineering 3 17 31 51
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 5 12 5 22
Civil and Environmental Engineering 5 9 2 16
Computational and Applied Mathematics 6 7 30
Computer Science 8 6 62 76
Data Science 22 22
Electrical and Computer Engineering 19 17 9 45
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2 13 23
Mechanical Engineering 11 10 7 28
Statistics 12 12 14 38
Total School of Engineering Graduate Degrees Awarded 18 52 105 173 348

*Includes students earning a Master's degree in Computational Science and Engineering

Source: Rice University Degrees Awarded provided by the Office of the Registrar