2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Rice University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $54,462 for prospective students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,147.
Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)
2024 COATuition Trends
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$53,712
Fees$750
Cost per Credit$2,147
Books & Supplies$1,400
Room & Board$15,900 (On-Campus) / $15,900 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,850 (On-Campus) / $2,850 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$74,612
Off-Campus Total$74,612
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
Tuition & Fees$49,403$47,913$49,941$52,342$54,462

Graduate Program Overview

Rice University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Houston, Texas. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $54,462.
It offers ninety-five (95) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameRice University
TypeFour-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address6100 S Main St, Houston, TX
Graduate School Students4,038 students
498 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$54,462
Student to Faculty6:1 (16.67%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 95 Graduate Programs
58 Master's, 36 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Rice University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 95 major areas - 58 Master's , 36 Doctorate , 1 Post-Master'. 1,135 students have been conferred Master's degree and 225 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total1,135225--
Men738141--
Women39784--
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
Natural Resources and Conservation
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Studies3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Architecture
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architecture- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology19 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences70 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Secondary Education and Teaching6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering33 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering18 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Operations Research9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Computer Engineering21 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nanotechnology11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biochemistry2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics8 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics26 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Applied Statistics, General- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Systems Science and Theory18 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Computer Interaction3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Data Science, General22 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry23 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics8 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science Technologies/Technicians
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemical Technology/Technician- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational Psychology- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics22 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs25 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Musicology and Ethnomusicology- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Conducting- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Keyboard Instruments8 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Voice and Opera13 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Stringed Instruments40 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Brass Instruments7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Woodwind Instruments13 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Percussion Instruments1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)604 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Computer and Information Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Computer Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nanotechnology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biochemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Keyboard Instruments- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Voice and Opera- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Stringed Instruments- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Woodwind Instruments- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Percussion Instruments- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 8,285 students enrolled in Rice University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.
In graduate school, 4,038 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 2,580 male and 1,458 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 3,692 full-time and 346 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 498 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 280 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total4,038
Men Students2,580
Women Students1,458
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total4,038
Full-time Students3,692
Part-time Students346
By race/ethnicity 1,274 White, 237 Black, and 461 Asian students are attending at Rice University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total4,038
American Indian /
Native American
3
Asian461
Black237
Hispanic318
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
3
White1,274
Two or more races74
Un-Known89
54 students are younger than 22 and 338 students are older than 65. The school has 2,747 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,039 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total4,038
21 & Under54
22-241,232
25-291,515
30-34724
35-39315
40 & Over338
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Rice University, 498 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 280 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment4,178
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses498
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses280
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses3,400
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses498
Texas Resident360
Other State In U.S.102
Outside of U.S.36

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