Is Rice University a good company to work for?

Rice University has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 1,677 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 86% of employees would recommend working at Rice University to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Rice University have been left by employees working as Graduate Teaching Assistant , Intern and Postdoctoral Researcher .

Does Rice University pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rice University employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rice University. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rice University?

86% of Rice University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rice University 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rice University?

Research Assistant (88) , Graduate Research Assistant (67) , Graduate Student (54) , PhD Student (49) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (45) , PhD Graduate Student (28) , Postdoctoral Fellow (28) , Graduate Student Researcher (25) , Teaching Assistant (25) , Research Scientist (24) , Assistant Director (16) , Intern (14) , Researcher (14) , Postdoctoral Researcher (13) , Lecturer (12)

What are the pros of working at Rice University according to real employee reviews?

"The campus is beautiful and getting out for walks during the day is amazing." ((in 149 reviews)); "Great People and very inviting to outsiders" ((in 105 reviews)); "Good benefits and retirement matching" ((in 81 reviews)); "Great graduate student community and culture." ((in 33 reviews)); "Student worker so hours are flexible and allows for feedback" ((in 30 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rice University according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay because of low Texas minimum wage" ((in 81 reviews)); "Low salary for postdoc research associate" ((in 50 reviews)); "Parking is expensive and out of the way." ((in 33 reviews)); "Management is poor and quite frankly racist." ((in 18 reviews)); "Not a lot of opportunities to grow" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Rice University locations?

Houston , New York , Austin , Rice , Houston , Virginia Beach , Chapel Hill , Richmond , South Houston , Sugar Land , Texas City , Edinburg , Los Angeles , San Jose , Daytona Beach , Newton , Germany

Rice University reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(1,497 total reviews)

Dave Leebron

92% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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Rice University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,497 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Jul 29, 2024

great in engineering

Research assitant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great and friendly research environment, many collaboration opportunities between institutes

Cons

salary is not that competitive.

5.0

Jul 26, 2024

Great place to do grad school

Phd student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a very healthy environment with most advisors! Cost of living is low so very doable with a PhD stipend, and work life balance is very normal here - more than other universities. Research is great, people are great, love it here! I’m really happy I chose Rice for my PhD

Cons

Like all grad schools, a bad advisor will ruin your life, so choose wisely (even if you don’t come here please choose wisely in any school). Also the summer weather sucks

5.0

Jul 17, 2024

Good

Phd student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working life balance and the atmosphere is good.

Cons

Houston's weather is not the best.

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