Engineering (all) at Rice
Rice graduates about 177 engineering majors a year, 17% of its graduating class. That puts it 7th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.22× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $137 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Rice
Where engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Facilities, Engineering and Planning Building, Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Ryon Engineering Laboratory, Space Science and Technology Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 21 · Dining 9 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1.
Nearby in the engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Rice
- Computer science 96 · #11
- Math & statistics 96 · #8
- Architecture 95 · #1
- Economics 94 · #17
- Languages 94 · #14
- Biology 93 · #7
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Rice with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.