Rice University Student Population and Demographics

Rice Student Population

There are 8,961 students including 4,789 undergraduate and 4,172 graduate students at Rice University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,332 full-time and 629 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,983 male and 3,978 female students.

Rice University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 541 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Rice University has a total enrollment of 8,961 with a gender distribution of 55.61% male (4,983 students) and 44.39% female (3,978 students). There are 2,413 male and 2,376 female students in undergraduate school and 2,570 male and 1,602 female students are attending graduate school at Rice University.

Student Population By Gender
Rice University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,961	4,983	3,978
Undergraduate	4,789	2,413	2,376
Graduate	4,172	2,570	1,602
Full-time	8,332	4,569	3,763
Part-time	629	414	215

[Chart] Rice University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Rice University has 8,332 full-time and 629 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,684 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 105 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,648 students are full-time and 524 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rice University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,961	8,332	629
Undergraduate	4,789	4,684	105
Graduate	4,172	3,648	524
Men	4,983	4,569	414
Women	3,978	3,763	215

[Chart] Rice University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Rice University, 541 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 291 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,961 students.

In undergraduate schools, 83 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 749 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Rice University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,961	4,789	4,172
Online Exclusively	541	0	541
In Some Online Classes	291	83	208
Not In Online Classes	8,129	4,706	3,423

[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 14 American Indian/Native American, 2,321 White, 633 Black/African American, 1,910 Asian, 1,203 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 291 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Rice University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,961	4,983	3,978
American Indian/Native American	14	7	7
Asian	1,910	945	965
Black/African American	633	306	327
Hispanic	1,203	661	542
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	3	2
White	2,321	1,414	907
Two More	358	185	173
Race Un-Known	206	106	100

[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	8,961	4,789	4,172
Under 18	67	67	0
Age 18-19	2,062	2,061	1
Age 20-21	2,307	2,260	47
Age 22-24	1,682	386	1,296
Age 25-29	1,511	11	1,500
Age 30-34	680	3	677
Age 35-39	319	0	319
Age 40-49	256	0	256
Age 50-64	63	1	62
Over 64	14	0	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Rice University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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