Rice University

Rice University

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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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Northwest Missouri State University

Northwest Missouri State University

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About Northwest Missouri State University

Originally established in 1905, Northwest Missouri State University is a state-assisted, four-year regional university that also offers graduate degree programs.

Quality Academics

Northwest offers 135 undergraduate programs and 36 graduate's programs. The Business, Education, Geography and Agriculture departments graduate the largest number of students each year. Career Services offers an "Exploring Majors" fair where students can learn about different majors on campus and find which major is the perfect fit for them.

Northwest currently has around 7,000 students. This size of campus offers great opportunities for students to succeed socially, as well as academically. With a student to teacher ratio of 21 to 1, you never feel like a number and receive personalized attention from faculty.

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RICE UNIVERSITY

RICE UNIVERSITY

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RICE UNIVERSITY

Rice University is a private institution that was founded in 1912. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,965, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 285 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Rice University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 19. Its tuition and fees are $40,566 (2014-15).

Rice University, located in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, offers a dynamic student life in the nation’s fourth-largest city. The Rice Coffeehouse, Valhalla Pub and Willy’s Pub are all student-run institutions offering on-campus food and drink. Before stepping foot on campus, all students are assigned to one of 11 residential colleges, of which they remain members even if they decide to move off campus. The residential colleges provide housing, dining, and academic and social events. The Rice Owls boast 14 varsity NCAA Division I athletic teams and are well known for their strong baseball program. Students receive free tickets to all varsity athletic events.

Rice is comprised of eight schools, including the School of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Wiess School of Natural Sciences. Its graduate schools include the highly ranked Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and George R. Brown School of Engineering. Rice also has a well-regarded School of Architecture and the Shepherd School of Music. Rice is home to the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, which offers coursework, internships and lectures. When a private detective found Rice’s stolen owl mascot at rival school Texas A&M in 1917, he sent a coded message back to Rice students letting them know that "Sammy" was OK, thus bestowing a name on the school’s mascot.

School mission and unique qualities (as provided by the school): 
As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed...


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