I received an e-mail with some admissions stats for the Class of 2021:

THE CLASS OF 2021

Applications for admission: 18,063
Admission offers made: 2,865 (16% admission rate)
Admission offers accepted: 1,049 (as of 8/1/17) -- Yield = 36.6%

Texas residents: 436 (41.6%)
Non-Texas residents, including international citizens: 613
Countries represented: 21

29% Asian American, 29% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% International citizens, 7% Black, 5% Multiracial, <1% Native American and <1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

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Comparisons with previous two years:

Rice accepted 955 for the classes of 2019 and 2020. So this new class (2021) will be larger by nearly 100.

Applications are down a tiny bit: 18,063 vs 18,236 last year. But this year saw the 2nd most applications ever. (Previous 2nd: 17,942 had applied for the Class of 2019.)

Acceptance rate is about constant (15-16%), but yield (enrolled/accepted) is increasing: 33.4% (2019) => 34.3% (2020) = 36.6% (2021).

Asian and Hispanic students rising a little (2019-2020-2021): Asian: 26-25-29%; Hispanic: 13-16-17%.

Black & International students ~ constant at 6-7% and 11%, respectively.

Caucasian students down a little: 39% (2020) => 29% (2021). Multiracial up 3% (2020) => 5% (2021).