Rice University offers 7% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $18,719. Rice University is a private college located in Houston, Texas. Its student population is 8782. It is a four-year, medium, highly residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 9%. Rice University 4 year graduation rate is 83% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$18,719
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Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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| Rice University | $67,402 | 7% | $18,719 | 11% | NA |
| Spelman College | $54,310 | 7% | $19,909 | 39% | NA |
| Doane University Arts & Sciences | $31,028 | 7% | $18,933 | 68% | NA |
| University Of Notre Dame | $74,193 | 5% | $18,292 | 18% | NA |
Colleges in Southwest Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice University | $67,402 | 7% | $18,719 | 11% | |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State University | $26,257 | 10% | $1,299 | 75% | |
| University Of Houston Downtown | $22,114 | 5% | $1,945 | 83% | |
| The University Of Texas At Austin | $53,476 | 7% | $1,534 | 39% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 11 | $129,500 |
| Princeton University | 5 | $139,400 |
| Yale University | 6 | $138,300 |
| United States Air Force Academy | 11 | $138,100 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | $136,100 |
| University Of Pennsylvania | 8 | $133,900 |
| Duke University | 9 | $132,100 |
| University Of California Berkeley | 15 | $131,800 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 11 | $67,402 |
| Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art | 16 | $67,013 |
| Princeton University | 5 | $69,020 |
| Vanderbilt University | 10 | $73,148 |
| Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 7 | $73,160 |
| Bates College | 18 | $73,538 |
| Colorado College | 15 | $73,600 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | $73,775 |
| Bowdoin College | 10 | $73,800 |
| Harvard University | 5 | $73,800 |
| Colby College | 13 | $74,100 |
| University Of Southern California | 13 | $74,111 |
| University Of Notre Dame | 18 | $74,193 |
| Middlebury College | 17 | $74,248 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | $74,491 |
| California Institute Of Technology | 7 | $74,763 |
| Pomona College | 8 | $75,080 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 11 | $75,198 |
| Cornell University | 11 | $75,243 |
| Stanford University | 4 | $75,470 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 11 | 83% |
| Johns Hopkins University | 11 | 87% |
| Tufts University | 15 | 87% |
| Barnard College | 14 | 87% |
| Yale University | 6 | 87% |
| Harvey Mudd College | 14 | 86% |
| Middlebury College | 17 | 86% |
| University Of Pennsylvania | 8 | 86% |
| Vanderbilt University | 10 | 86% |
| Collegeamerica Phoenix | n/a * | 86% |
| Williams College | 13 | 86% |
| Brown University | 8 | 86% |
| Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 7 | 85% |
| Cornell University | 11 | 85% |
| Wesleyan University | 17 | 85% |
| Northwestern University | 8 | 84% |
| Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | 84% |
| Harvard University | 5 | 84% |
| United States Military Academy | 11 | 82% |
| Colorado College | 15 | 82% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 7% | $18,719 |
| Vanderbilt University | 15% | $19,359 |
| University Of Notre Dame | 5% | $18,292 |
| Brown University | 0% | $17,591 |
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