Rice University
Houston, TX
Acceptance Rate: 16.7%
SAT/ACT 25th Percentile: SAT 2020; ACT 30
SAT/ACT 75th Percentile: SAT 2290; ACT 34
In 1891, William Marsh Rice, a businessman who made his fortune chartered the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art. The school's colors of blue and grey, despite not being chosen by Rice, are believed to be based on the fact that he made his fortune trading with both the North (blue) and South (grey) during the Civil War.
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