As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

Rice University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and research universities for the following reasons:

• Size: 3,102 undergraduates and 2,237 graduate students
• Selectivity: 12 applicants for each place in the freshman class
• Resources: undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5-to-1 and endowment of $910,380 per Full-time Equivalent student
• Residential college system: builds communities that are both close-knit and diverse
• Collaborative culture: crosses disciplines, integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate work

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Website: http://www.rice.edu/