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<p>By the same token, UT’s peer reputation score of 4.1 is higher than Rice’s 4.0 (i.e., more people gave UT a ‘5’ rating than gave to Rice). Remember, the majority of factors in the USNWR undergrad rankings are non-academic and tied to selectivity and quality of other students, not academic programs and faculty. In academic faculty/departmental rankings, UT is always ranked higher than Rice.</p>