Historical Acceptance Rates

Rice University has seen a decreasing trend in its overall acceptance rate in recent years. For the application year 2024, the acceptance rate is 8.0%, with 32,473 applicants and 2,597 accepted. This is a slight decline from 8.7% in 2023, when 27,084 applicants were considered, resulting in 2,364 admissions. Even further back, the acceptance rate was 11.1% for the 2019 application year, which indicates a significant tightening of acceptance criteria over the years, illustrating the increasing competitiveness of the applicant pool.