Barnard or Rice for CS (+business/econ)

PrdMomto1
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:38:02 +0000

My daughter went to Rice and also had to choose between Rice and another school that would have been a very different experience. I know it’s hard when the schools are both good options, and have very different things going for them. In your case I don’t know enough about Barnard to offer and great advice but you asked about employment/grad school outcomes for Rice so I thought I’d post these links to some data Rice releases.

Here is some info about where Rice students end up for grad school. You can sort if by undergrad major if that’s helpful:

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | Rice University

Admission to Graduate and Professional Schools

A vast amount of our students are admitted to Graduate/Professional schools upon graduation.

And here is the same info but for jobs:

Office of Institutional Effectiveness | Rice University

Employment

Most of our students seeking employment have jobs upon graduation.

I think you’ll see you don’t have to worry about a lack of opportunity for Rice grads. My D and her friends who went on to grad school had fantastic opportunities. She has close friends at Columbia, NYU, Harvard, GaTech, etc. Rice is well known and respected among those who matter!

Best of luck to you making a decision. My D was also very concerned about the whole Texas vibe thing but we went for admitted school day and Houston was not what she expected. No strong southern accents, no cowboy hats, etc. The students are very diverse and while Houston is a large city, the campus itself is beautiful and self-contained.

Good luck to you! It sounds like you can’t make a bad decision!