Faculty and Students
We have 100 full-time faculty members as well as:
- Over 8,000 undergraduate enrollment
- Over 1,600 graduate enrollment
- Over 1,200 declared majors
Departments
Our Seven Departments include:
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Linguistics
- Political Science
- Psychological Sciences
- Sociology
- Sport Management
Three of our undergraduate programs are ranked among the top 50 best colleges by major (collegefactual.com):
- Economics (#30)
- Sociology (#47)
- Sport Management (#25)
Six of our undergraduate programs are ranked among the top 50 best colleges by major (niche.com):
- Anthropology & Sociology (#10)
- Economics (#22)
- Political Science (#11)
- Psychological Sciences (#9)
- Sport Management (#1)
- Two of the five most popular majors at Rice are in the Social Sciences - Economics and Psychological Sciences
Graduate Programs
Departments with Ph.D. programs include:
Four of our graduate programs rank high among the best graduate schools and programs (US News & World Report):
- Economics (#46 of 150)
- Political Science (#33 of 120)
- Psychological Sciences (#62 of 303)
- Sociology (#28 of 117)
We offer Professional Master's programs in Energy Economics, Global Affairs, Human Factors and Human Computer Interaction, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and Social Policy Evaluation.
Interdisciplinary Programs
These programs include Cognitive Sciences and Social Policy Analysis.
Research Institutes and Centers
- Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity
- Center for African and African American Studies
- Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience
- Center for Computational Insights on Inequality and Society at Rice (CIISR)
- Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation (IHRI)
- Rice Center for Voting
- Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI)