Rice record number applicants, acceptances

Singersmom07
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:42:26 +0000

[Rice University | News & Media](http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12655)

Of the 11,172 applicants for fall 2009, Rice offered admission to 2,487 students, and 925 of them have expressed their intention to enroll by paying a nonrefundable deposit. That’s nearly a 16 percent increase over the 799 deposits for fall 2008, when Rice granted admission to 2,244 of 9,806 applicants.

Applications from foreign students were up more than 33 percent over 2008, and 120 – an increase of 76.5 percent over last year – have made deposits.

Texans will still make up about 45 percent of the student body. The 3,681 in-state applicants represent an increase of almost 11 percent; 407 have made deposits – up about 3 percent.