Overview

Department of Statistics / Department of Statistics is located in Houston, TX, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Business Administration/Master of Statistics (MBA/M Stat)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Computational finance
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Bioinformatics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Biostatistics
Master of Statistics (M Stat)	Statistics
Master of Arts (MA)	Statistics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	General statistics

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	9
Doctoral Degrees	7

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

112

Applied

46

Accepted

20

Enrolled

Applying

70

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	Yes
Spring deadline	Not reported	November 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Master's Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Minimum GPA of 3.0

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 630 TOEFL IBT score: 90

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Traineership Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships

Student Body

48

Total Graduate Students

33%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	12.5%
Black or African American	2.08%
White or Caucasian	33%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	10.42%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	Not Reported
Unknown	2.08%

Gender

Male (54%)

Female (45%)

Faculty

17

Total faculty

Full-time - 16

Part-time - 1

Male (11)

Female (6)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Statistical genetics, non parametric function estimation, computational statistics and visualization, stochastic processes
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	800,000

Location & Contact

Address 6100 Main Street
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX  77005
United States

Contact Ms. Carolyn Duhon
Senior Administrator
Email: stat@rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-6032
Fax: 713-348-5476

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