Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology grads earn $53.7K more ten years out than Rice's ($143,372 vs. $89,718)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates 3 pts more of its students than Rice (96% vs. 94%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$143.4K
Rice$89.7K
Graduation rate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology96%
Rice94%
Retention rate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology99%
Rice97%

Borrowing

Median debt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$14.8K
Rice$11K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology7%
Rice6%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$9.2K
Rice$8.6K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Massachusetts Institute of Technology89%
Rice88%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Massachusetts Institute of Technology96%
Rice94%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1%
Rice4%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Massachusetts Institute of Technology93%
Rice95%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology97%
Rice96%
Pell graduation gap
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 pts lower
Rice1 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRice
White95%94%
Asian99%98%
Hispanic/Latino95%94%
Black95%88%
Two or more races95%94%
International97%97%

On-time progress, from the colleges' Common Data Sets

Finished withinMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRice
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published86%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published89%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published88%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published93%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published95%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published94%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Massachusetts Institute of Technology Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;Rice University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;Rice University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why