Which Rice University major has the lowest debt?

Kinesiology and Exercise Science graduates leave with a median of $10,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Rice University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Rice University cost?

Tuition and fees are $64,144 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,370 a year.

How many Rice University programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Rice University report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Rice University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Houston, TX
4,776 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Rice University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($131,154), and Psychology the least ($41,299). The median program pays $78,814.

Tuition and fees$64,144Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$13,370Per year

Graduation rate95%Within 6 years

Admission rate8%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 164 graduates a year	$131,154	$213,603	$12,381	1st of 32
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 15 graduates a year	$96,751	$139,102	Not reported	2nd of 19
3	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$88,307	$89,863	Not reported	1st of 7
4	Chemical EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$87,830	$117,477	$13,178	1st of 8
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 65 graduates a year	$82,899	$105,734	$15,375	1st of 23
6	EconomicsAbout 88 graduates a year	$78,814	$104,828	$11,289	1st of 14
7	Political ScienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$54,728	$87,237	Not reported	1st of 27
8	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 53 graduates a year	$51,110	$71,586	$10,000	1st of 42
9	MathematicsAbout 47 graduates a year	$50,286	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 21
10	Cognitive ScienceAbout 44 graduates a year	$47,459	$71,816	$13,000	1st of 1
11	PsychologyAbout 66 graduates a year	$41,299	$67,648	$12,505	3rd of 52

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$131,154
Electrical Engineering$96,751
Biomedical Engineering$88,307
Chemical Engineering$87,830
Mechanical Engineering$82,899

Lowest median debt

Kinesiology and Exercise Science$10,000
Economics$11,289
Computer and Information Science$12,381
Psychology$12,505
Cognitive Science$13,000

Largest programs

Computer and Information ScienceAbout 164 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 88 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 66 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 65 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 53 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $131,154 in their first year, the most of 11 Rice University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels