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Rice University reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(1,496 total reviews)
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79% positive business outlook

Rice University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,496 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rice University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
May 23, 2014

Wannabe Ivy ruled by deep pockets and provincial attitudes.

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Pros

More money than they know what to do with, though most of it put to waste.

Cons

Low pay and limited benefits. Huge divide between largely unproductive faculty and staff. Grossly unqualified upper admin staff (associate deans, etc.). Little sense of community and huge turf wars. Shameful slippage in school rankings from nearly breaking into top 10 to now the bottom of top 20.

2.0
Sep 12, 2013
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Pros

Great name recognition, lot of publications, good library, good music school.

Cons

Never found HR to be actively involved in anything other than paper work. Never felt welcome during my stay. Big divide between faculty and rest of the people.

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