Science Education at Rice University

If you are interested in studying science education, you may want to check out the program at Rice University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Science Education section at the bottom of this page.

Rice Science Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physical Science Education

Rice Science Education Rankings

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Physical Science Education Student Demographics at Rice

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical science education majors at Rice University.

Rice Science Education Master’s Program

The physical science education program at Rice awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a physical science education master's degree from Rice, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physical science education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a master's in physical science education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Physical Science Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical science education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Middle School Teachers	66,470	$56,580
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520
Biological Science Professors	4,470	$99,940
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.