Team: Rice Owls
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Conference: WAC
Sport: College Football
Background: Rice University, founded
as William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement
of Literature, Art, and Science in 1892, opened 1912
in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. Rice is considered
one of the nation's elite universities, consistently
ranking amongst the top echelon of national research
universities. It is also distinguished by having one
of the most selective student bodies in the nation,
as well as one of the highest endowments (>$3 billion).
William Marsh Rice (1816-1900), who made his fortune
in Texas in the mid-19th century, left the bulk of his
estate to the founding of a free institute in Houston
and until 1964 Rice did not charge tuition. Even today,
Rice's tuition is considerably lower than that of other
prestigious universities.
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