Rice University Student Population and Demographics

Rice Student Population

There are 8,672 students including 4,494 undergraduate and 4,178 graduate students at Rice University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 7,998 full-time and 674 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,935 male and 3,737 female students. Rice University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 498 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Rice University has a total enrollment of 8,672 with a gender distribution of 56.91% male (4,935 students) and 43.09% female (3,737 students). There are 2,297 male and 2,197 female students in undergraduate school and 2,638 male and 1,540 female students are attending graduate school at Rice University.

Student Population By Gender
Rice University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,672	4,935	3,737
Undergraduate	4,494	2,297	2,197
Graduate	4,178	2,638	1,540
Full-time	7,998	4,513	3,485
Part-time	674	422	252

[Chart] Rice University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Rice University has 7,998 full-time and 674 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,393 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 101 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,605 students are full-time and 573 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rice University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,672	7,998	674
Undergraduate	4,494	4,393	101
Graduate	4,178	3,605	573
Men	4,935	4,513	422
Women	3,737	3,485	252

[Chart] Rice University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Rice University, 498 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 412 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,672 students. In undergraduate schools, 132 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 778 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Rice University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,672	4,494	4,178
Online Exclusively	498	0	498
In Some Online Classes	412	132	280
Not In Online Classes	7,762	4,362	3,400

[Chart] Rice University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Rice University. There are 6 American Indian/Native American, 2,396 White, 602 Black/African American, 1,775 Asian, 1,042 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 230 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Rice University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,672	4,935	3,737
American Indian/Native American	6	2	4
Asian	1,775	883	892
Black/African American	602	293	309
Hispanic	1,042	582	460
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	5	1
White	2,396	1,487	909
Two More	300	149	151
Race Un-Known	152	81	71

[Chart] Rice UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Rice University.

Age Distribution
Rice University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,672	4,494	4,178
Under 18	60	60	0
Age 18-19	2,208	2,208	0
Age 20-21	1,937	1,883	54
Age 22-24	1,558	326	1,232
Age 25-29	1,527	12	1,515
Age 30-34	726	2	724
Age 35-39	317	2	315
Age 40-49	258	0	258
Age 50-64	69	1	68
Over 64	12	0	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Rice University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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