Living and Housing Costs Graduate housing is available at the Graduate House, which is adjacent to the University. Application should be made to the Director of Food and Housing, Rice University. Besides the Graduate House, there is a large choice of off-campus housing close to the University. The cost of living in Houston is below average for cities of its size. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled at the University, of whom about 1,500 are studying at the graduate level.
Most Ph.D. students are full-time students on full fellowships.
There is a high faculty-student ratio, and students work closely with the faculty in research programs. Location Rice University is located in a pleasant residential area of central Houston on 300 acres of land. The campus is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center, which includes Baylor College of Medicine, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, the University of Texas Medical School, and a number of private and public hospitals and medical institutions. The University Rice University is a private, coeducational, nondenominational university dedicated to the promotion of science, engineering, letters, and the arts. It was founded in 1912 by William Marsh Rice.