RICE UNIVERSITY

RICE UNIVERSITY

Rice University is a private foundation that was established in 1912. It has an aggregate undergrad enlistment of 3,965, its setting is urban, and the grounds size is 285 sections of land. It uses a semester-based scholarly schedule. Rice University's positioning in the 2015 release of Best Colleges is National Universities, 19. Its educational cost and expenses are $40,566 (2014-15). 

Rice University, situated in the heart of Houston's Museum District, offers a dynamic understudy life in the country's fourth-biggest city. The Rice Coffeehouse, Valhalla Pub and Willy's Pub are all understudy run organizations offering on-grounds nourishment and beverage. Before venturing foot on grounds, all understudies are appointed to one of 11 private universities, of which they remain individuals regardless of the possibility that they choose to get off grounds. The private schools give lodging, eating, and scholastic and get-togethers. The Rice Owls brag 14 varsity NCAA Division I athletic groups and are understood for their solid baseball program. Understudies get free tickets to all varsity athletic occasions. 

Rice is involved eight schools, including the School of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Wiess School of Natural Sciences. Its master's level college incorporate the exceedingly positioned Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and George R. Cocoa School of Engineering. Rice likewise has an all around respected School of Architecture and the Shepherd School of Music. Rice is home to the James A. Bread cook III Institute for Public Policy, an impartial research organization, which offers coursework, entry level positions and addresses. At the point when a private investigator found Rice's stolen owl mascot at opponent school Texas A&M in 1917, he sent a coded message back to Rice understudies telling them that "Sammy" was OK, therefore presenting a name on the school's mascot. 

School mission and one of a kind qualities (as gave by the school): 

As a main exploration college with a particular duty to undergrad instruction, Rice University tries to way breaking examination, amazing...

General Information

School type private, coed college

Year founded 1912

Religious affiliation N/A

Academic calendar semester

Setting urban

2013 Endowment $4,895,299,000