Student Population at Rice University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
8,672	4,494	4,178

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,672 students have enrolled in Rice University with 4,494 undergraduate and 4,178 graduate students.

By gender, 4,935 male and 3,737 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

498 students are enrolled exclusively, and 412 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Rice University has a total of 8,672 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,494 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,178 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,935 male and 3,737 female students (the male-female ratio is 57:43) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,672	4,494	4,178
Men	4,935	2,297	2,638
Women	3,737	2,197	1,540

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,396 White, 602 Black, and 1,775 Asian students out of a total of 8,672 are attending at Rice University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	2	4
Asian	1,775	883	892
Black	602	293	309
Hispanic	1,042	582	460
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	5	1
White	2,396	1,487	909
Two or more races	300	149	151
Race Unknown	152	81	71

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	2	3
Asian	1,320	608	712
Black	355	157	198
Hispanic	693	382	311
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	3	0
White	1,264	729	535
Two or more races	215	97	118
Race Unknown	66	31	35

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	455	275	180
Black	247	136	111
Hispanic	349	200	149
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	2	1
White	1,132	758	374
Two or more races	85	52	33
Race Unknown	86	50	36

Student Age Distribution

By age, Rice has 60 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 5,763 students under 25 years old, and 2,909 students over 25 years old out of 8,672 total students.

Rice has 4,477 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 17 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,286 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,892 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	60	34	26
18-19	2,208	1,120	1,088
20-21	1,937	939	998
22-24	1,558	602	956
25-29	1,527	578	949
30-34	726	240	486
35-39	317	90	227
40-49	258	102	156
50-64	69	28	41
Over 65	12	4	8

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	60	34	26
18-19	2,208	1,120	1,088
20-21	1,883	917	966
22-24	326	124	202
25-29	12	2	10
30-34	2	0	2
35-39	2	0	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Rice University, 498 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 412 students are enrolled in some online courses.

360 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 138 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	8,672	498	412
Undergraduate	4,494	0	132
Graduate	4,178	498	280

Online Student Population by Locality
	Texas Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	360	102	36
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	360	102	36

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,494 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 34 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.76%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,359
Transfer-in Full-time	34
Regular Part-time	101
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Rice University

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