Rice University finishes 6th in new ranking of best U.S. colleges

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Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin were the only Texas colleges to earn spots on the personal-finance website WalletHub’s top-50 ranking of the 2022 best colleges.

Rice finished sixth on the WalletHub list, while the University of Texas came in 45th overall. The website analyzed more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the nation across 30 metrics, including student-faculty ratio, graduation rates, student-loan default rates and median salaries when graduates enter professional life.

Rice came in 15th in the general category of student selectivity and 14th in education outcomes category. And the University of Texas finished 58th in student selectivity and 45th in education outcomes.

The WalletHub study graded universities on a 100-point scale. Rice University received a score of 76.48, while the University of Texas scored 70.13.

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Top-50 U.S. Universities for 2022

Overall RankUniversity / CollegeStateTotal ScoreStudent SelectivityCost & FinancingFaculty ResourcesCampus SafetyCampus ExperienceEducation OutcomesCareer Outcomes
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA79.11293175075035
2Princeton UniversityNJ79.03680714783282625
3California Institute of TechnologyCA78.419391647102422
4Harvard UniversityMA76.65595419121276513
5Yale UniversityCT76.5299246712468711
6Rice UniversityTX76.48159019855451441
7Northwestern UniversityIL76.2614947411397744
8Duke UniversityNC75.867992557611019
9Stanford UniversityCA75.27498038376433421
10Johns Hopkins UniversityMD75.2212941111001341971
11Vanderbilt UniversityTN75.161792920882292455
12Columbia UniversityNY74.7689871513418428
13Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA74.6641554897341124338
14University of PennsylvaniaPA74.61111002101559966
15Williams CollegeMA74.52389917807591191
16University of ChicagoIL74.1431012215860553
17University of California--BerkeleyCA73.61258128559292061261
18Dartmouth CollegeNH73.28139815890685949
19Brown UniversityRI73.0310101013620621739
20University of California--Los AngelesCA72.98325747638412491693
21Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA72.94219951824637287
22University of FloridaFL72.9159506749760736229
23Hamilton CollegeNY72.93592533852554767
24Swarthmore CollegePA72.7218927281007311099
25University of Michigan--Ann ArborMI72.66497851976775452172
26Pomona CollegeCA72.54169333010151741116
27University of California--IrvineCA72.53572987664747260127
28Claremont McKenna CollegeCA72.42289692791035443
29Cornell UniversityNY72.3419991106260155836
30Washington University in St. LouisMO72.2920986245061372242
31Wellesley CollegeMA72.2939917763892025126
32Harvey Mudd CollegeCA71.922297482847863718
33University of VirginiaVA71.88428725442373661559
34Amherst CollegeMA71.822696149954642094
35Grinnell CollegeIA71.7146835425376106260
36Emory UniversityGA71.7137958104289403274
37Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNY71.6351540701960159131
38University of Notre DameIN71.4830979475206121232
39Georgetown UniversityDC71.46271000295135104231
40University of North Carolina--Chapel HillNC71.425344264953270039214
41Washington and Lee UniversityVA71.4145967257852401830
42Carleton CollegeMN71.3943945447995113128
43Colby CollegeME70.433198343897356376
44Northeastern UniversityMA70.35389554651921142969
45University of Texas at AustinTX70.135851089033674945113
46Case Western Reserve UniversityOH70.1355885192422479573
47Barnard CollegeNY69.95249941212707552109
48Vassar CollegeNY69.8452928518783657129
49Tufts UniversityMA69.663410111391361003526
50University of Southern CaliforniaCA69.55339892052031354050
Source: WalletHub.com