Rice University

Alumni

After four years of hard work, students graduate from Rice with a sharpened intellect, a true sense of accomplishment, and outstanding prospects for future success. Regardless of whether they elect to pursue graduate studies, international scholarship competitions, or employment opportunities, Rice grads can be sure that their undergraduate records will be held in high regard.

Graduate Studies

Past records show that approximately forty-four percent of graduates continue their studies immediately after Rice in some of the most prestigious graduate schools in the country. Often with the help of the preprofessional advising programs at Rice, these students have compiled impressive applications for graduate admissions and completed an undergraduate course of study that will enhance their graduate experiences. In fact, in a recent study, more than seventy percent of continuing students received an offer of admission to their first-choice graduate program, and ninety-three percent of medical school applicants were accepted to at least one program. In addition, Rice students are becoming increasingly successful at winning prominent national and international scholarships such as the Rhodes, Fulbright, Marshall, and Watson scholarships.

Employment Opportunities

Other students choose to pursue employment opportunities after Rice, and the university helps them to be equally prepared for the demanding interview process. Each year, more than 250 companies and organizations come to the Rice campus to recruit, and hundreds more alumni volunteer to mentor graduates in their disciplines. Within months of graduation, Rice students discover that their classmates have spread across the globe to pursue their varied interests in computational engineering, nonprofit organizations, business, environmental research, and other worthwhile pursuits.

Regardless of where the road to success might take them, however, most graduates remain in contact with their beloved Rice throughout their lives.

Prominent Graduates

• Bill Archer,
• Clay Armstrong,
• Lance Berkman,
• Garrett Boone,
• William Broyles,
• Nancy Cole,
• Robert Curl,
• John Doerr,
• William Maurice Ewing,
• Marshall Gates,
• James E. Gunn,
• William P. Hobby, Jr.,
• Anita Jones
• Ken Kennedy,
• Larry McMurtry,
• Seth Morris,
• Jim Newman,
• Hector Ruiz,
• Frank Ryan,
• Robert Wilson,