As a result of its generous financial aid and comparatively low tuition among private research universities — in addition to its broad range of outstanding academic programs — Rice is often named one of the country’s best-value private schools. For example, Rice is No. 7 in Kiplinger’s Best Value Rankings of Private Universities, No. 13 in U.S. News Best Value rankings and No. 6 for offering “great financial aid” in the 2020 edition of the Princeton Review’s guidebook.

Graduate education costs for 2020-21 vary for different programs. Tuition for doctoral students will increase to $50,310. Tuition for graduate students in architecture will be $33,000. Tuition for graduate students in music will be $29,500. Tuition for students in the professional master’s programs will be $20,000 for religion, $39,000 for global affairs, $35,000 for human-computer interaction and human factors, $38,250 for master’s programs in natural sciences, $51,500 for master’s programs in engineering and $58,000 for energy economics. Tuition will be $60,940 for students in the full-time MBA program at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Tuition for other Jones School programs will be $55,625 for the Master of Accounting, $109,930 for the MBA@Rice and the Evening MBA for Professionals, $115,050 for the Weekend MBA for Professionals and $131,630 for the Executive MBA

Rice University’s undergraduate tuition for the 2020-21 school year will be $50,310, an increase of $1,980 over the current year. The total cost, including $14,500 for room and board and $797 in mandatory fees, will increase 3.7% to $65,607.