Colleges Like Rice University

If Rice University in Houston, TX is on your list, these 20 colleges are similar in ranking, selectivity, cost, and campus feel — a great way to find strong alternatives and schools you might not have considered, like Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University and Northeastern University.

Rice University — Houston, TX · #35 · 8% acceptance · $64,144 · SAT 1,553

20 similar colleges

1. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL · #33 · 7.7% acceptance · $68,322 · SAT 1,533
2. Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, MD · #43 · 6.4% acceptance · $65,230 · SAT 1,553
3. Northeastern University — Boston, MA · #40 · 5.2% acceptance · $66,162 · SAT 1,497
4. Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN · #37 · 5.9% acceptance · $67,498 · SAT 1,549
5. Swarthmore College — Swarthmore, PA · #67 · 7.5% acceptance · $65,494 · SAT 1,534
6. University of Southern California — Los Angeles, CA · #36 · 9.8% acceptance · $72,097 · SAT 1,495
7. Williams College — Williamstown, MA · #38 · 8.3% acceptance · $68,560 · SAT 1,533
8. Brown University — Providence, RI · #29 · 5.4% acceptance · $71,412 · SAT 1,546
9. Barnard College — New York, NY · #63 · 8.8% acceptance · $69,888 · SAT 1,520
10. Bowdoin College — Brunswick, ME · #52 · 7.1% acceptance · $67,832 · SAT 1,520
11. Amherst College — Amherst, MA · #72 · 9% acceptance · $70,480 · SAT 1,533
12. University of California-Berkeley — Berkeley, CA · #34 · 11% acceptance · $50,547
13. Duke University — Durham, NC · #23 · 5.7% acceptance · $68,758 · SAT 1,548
14. Tufts University — Medford, MA · #57 · 11.5% acceptance · $70,704 · SAT 1,513
15. Washington University in St Louis — St. Louis, MO · #47 · 12.1% acceptance · $65,790 · SAT 1,530
16. Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · #12 · 8.8% acceptance · $69,314 · SAT 1,535
17. Boston University — Boston, MA · #69 · 11.1% acceptance · $68,102 · SAT 1,480
18. Pomona College — Claremont, CA · #74 · 7.1% acceptance · $65,420 · SAT 1,534
19. Dartmouth College — Hanover, NH · #25 · 5.4% acceptance · $68,268 · SAT 1,534
20. Princeton University — Princeton, NJ · #10 · 4.6% acceptance · $62,688 · SAT 1,553

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