University · Houston, United States

Rice University

Private university in Houston, Texas, USA

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admission rate
  • 0.11 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate
  • 0.39 point in time: 2020
affiliation
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Commons category
  • Rice University
Commons gallery
  • Rice University
coordinate location
  • 29.7169, -95.4028
corporate officer
count of students
  • 7,643 point in time: September 2020
  • 7,956 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country
date of official opening
  • 23 September 1912
employees
  • 3,543 point in time: September 2020
endowment
  • 6,166,323,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020
  • 7,814,267,323 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022
  • 8,061,259,567 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
funder
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 5,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support content development and an editorial panel of American history scholars to review the Advanced Placement US History textbook, ensuring that it is balanced, representing mainstream thought and research.
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inception
  • 1891
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  • Letters, Science, Art
named after
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  • William Marsh Rice University
official name
  • William Marsh Rice University start time: 1960
  • William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancment of Literature, Science and Art start time: 13 May 1891; end time: 1960
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postal code
  • 77005-1827
ranking
  • 95 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019
  • 70 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018
  • 74 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017
  • 72 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016
  • 84 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015
  • 82 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014
  • 92 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013
  • 91 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012
  • 99 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010
  • 93 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011
  • 97 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008
  • 61 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003
  • 75 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004
  • 78 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005
  • 87 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006
  • 87 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007
  • 94 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022
  • 145 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024
  • 100 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023
  • 120 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012
  • 136 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014
  • 129 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015
  • 106 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016
  • 90 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017
  • 89 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018
  • 87 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019
  • 85 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020
  • 89 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021
  • 141 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025
  • 119 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
  • 103 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
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social media followers
  • 38,243 point in time: 5 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19720630
  • 36,204 point in time: 15 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19720630
  • 41,112 point in time: 21 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19720630
  • 44,794 point in time: 11 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19720630
street address
  • 6100 S Main, Houston, TX, 77005-1827
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total assets
  • 8,424,555,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020

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  • RiceUniversity start time: 29 January 2009; point in time: 15 April 2020; has characteristic: verified account or profile; number of subscribers: 36,204; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19720630
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  • UCv9Cpo9OqV8_kEyKfCDnScA start time: 21 August 2006; point in time: 18 June 2026; subject named as: Rice University; YouTube handle: riceuniversity
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