Facts and Data

Founded

• 1979

Size

• The School of Social Sciences is the smallest division on campus, but serves the largest number of undergraduates

Faculty

• 75 full time faculty

Students

• Teaches over 5,000 undergraduates
• 150 graduate students
• Over 700 majors

Departments

• Five Departments- Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
• Three of the top five majors at Rice are in the Social Sciences- Economics, Political Science, Psychology
• Top 10 recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Political Science Grants from 1995-2005

Graduate Programs

• Four Departments have Ph.D. programs- Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology
• The Sociology Department will start a Ph.D. program in Fall 2011
• Political Science's Ph.D. program in international politics ranks in the top 20, 18th nationally, U.S. News & World Report (2005)

Interdisciplinary Programs

• Cognitive Sciences, Managerial Studies, Policy Studies

Research Centers

• The Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life (CORRUL), The Urban Research Center, The Shell Center for Sustainability, The Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI)