Enrollment Trends at Rice

The student population at Rice University is 8,672 (4,494 undergraduate and 4,178 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,188 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Rice is 51.82% which is increased by 646 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,542 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

498 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,212 where 8,672 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

51.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 48.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 646 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,542 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Rice than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rice University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,484	3,848	1,952	1,896	2,636	1,700	936
2013-14	6,628 144	3,965 117	2,041 89	1,924 28	2,663 27	1,702 2	961 25
2014-15	6,621 -7	3,926 -39	2,047 6	1,879 -45	2,695 32	1,725 23	970 9
2015-16	6,719 98	3,910 -16	2,062 15	1,848 -31	2,809 114	1,797 72	1,012 42
2016-17	6,855 136	3,893 -17	2,042 -20	1,851 3	2,962 153	1,910 113	1,052 40
2017-18	7,022 167	4,001 108	2,112 70	1,889 38	3,021 59	1,964 54	1,057 5
2018-19	7,124 102	3,992 -9	2,086 -26	1,906 17	3,132 111	1,971 7	1,161 104
2019-20	7,282 158	3,989 -3	2,066 -20	1,923 17	3,293 161	2,065 94	1,228 67
2020-21	7,643 361	4,076 87	2,131 65	1,945 22	3,567 274	2,283 218	1,284 56
2021-22	8,285 642	4,247 171	2,187 56	2,060 115	4,038 471	2,580 297	1,458 174
2022-23	8,672 387	4,494 247	2,297 110	2,197 137	4,178 140	2,638 58	1,540 82
Average	7,212	4,031	2,093	1,938	3,181	2,030	1,151

Rice University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,031 where 4,494 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rice University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,848	3,803	1,920	1,883	45	32	13
2013-14	3,965	3,904	1,995	1,909	61	46	15
2014-15	3,926	3,872	2,015	1,857	54	32	22
2015-16	3,910	3,863	2,035	1,828	47	27	20
2016-17	3,893	3,836	2,004	1,832	57	38	19
2017-18	4,001	3,916	2,069	1,847	85	43	42
2018-19	3,992	3,899	2,028	1,871	93	58	35
2019-20	3,989	3,942	2,038	1,904	47	28	19
2020-21	4,076	3,960	2,066	1,894	116	65	51
2021-22	4,247	4,156	2,143	2,013	91	44	47
2022-23	4,494	4,393	2,241	2,152	101	56	45
Average	4,031	4,031	2,050	1,908	4,031	43	30

Rice University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,181 where 4,178 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rice University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,636	2,454	1,611	843	182	89	93
2013-14	2,663	2,452	1,602	850	211	100	111
2014-15	2,695	2,479	1,616	863	216	109	107
2015-16	2,809	2,609	1,707	902	200	90	110
2016-17	2,962	2,729	1,794	935	233	116	117
2017-18	3,021	2,781	1,822	959	240	142	98
2018-19	3,132	2,866	1,835	1,031	266	136	130
2019-20	3,293	3,019	1,911	1,108	274	154	120
2020-21	3,567	3,196	2,045	1,151	371	238	133
2021-22	4,038	3,692	2,360	1,332	346	220	126
2022-23	4,178	3,605	2,272	1,333	573	366	207
Average	3,181	3,181	1,870	1,028	3,181	160	123

Rice University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.63% and the percentage of black students is 6.94% at Rice University. 20.47% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rice University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	11	1,033	327	730	14	2,623	244
2013-14	7	1,055	336	761	6	2,578	234
2014-15	5	1,102	340	746	6	2,474	222
2015-16	6	1,163	319	700	6	2,520	216
2016-17	9	1,175	337	714	5	2,554	218
2017-18	10	1,294	346	750	7	2,495	237
2018-19	9	1,307	383	802	9	2,462	225
2019-20	7	1,380	401	849	9	2,409	238
2020-21	6	1,498	486	907	7	2,553	271
2021-22	5	1,664	574	978	7	2,532	279
2022-23	6	1,775	602	1,042	6	2,396	300
Average	7	1,313	405	816	7	2,509	244

Rice University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

498 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rice University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,621	0	0	6,621
2015-16	6,719	0	0	6,719
2016-17	6,855	0	0	6,855
2017-18	7,022	0	0	7,022
2018-19	7,124	44	84	6,996
2019-20	7,282	178	187	6,917
2020-21	7,643	418	6,683	542
2021-22	8,285	511	2,185	5,589
2022-23	8,672	498	412	7,762
Average	7,358	183	1,061	6,114

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