Houston, Texas · Private Non-Profit
Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 102 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
2.1% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 2.1%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~102
- Schools with reported signal
- 35
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 8%
- Graduation rate
- 94.6%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $13,370/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $53,480
- Median debt
- $11,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $89,718/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A+
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 35 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.5x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($7,505 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($22,701 above). That combination produces a A+ value grade and a top 3% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · 1.8% reported share · $13,138 net A Portland State University Portland, OR · 1.5% reported share · $9,552 net A Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN · 0.2% reported share · $15,846 net A 
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI · 1.4% reported share · $14,182 net A 
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX · 0.0% reported share · $9,403 net A 
Brigham Young University Provo, UT · 1.0% reported share · $15,564 net A University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI · 1.2% reported share · $15,232 net A SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY · 1.4% reported share · $14,164 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Electrical and Computer Engineering accounts for 2.1% of reported programs at Rice University, which is bigger than 91% of schools in this field set and 2.5x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 102 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Rice University's average net price is $13,370 per year, about $53,480 over four years. That is $7,505 below the $20,875 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $89,718 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $22,701 above the $67,017 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Rice University #1 of 35 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.