Blandt universitetets alumner har mere end 24 modtaget [[Marshall Scholarship]] og 12 [[Rhodes Scholarship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/statistics|title=Marshall Scholarship Statistics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhodesscholar.org/winners/college-and-university-winners/|title=Colleges and Universities with U.S. Rhodes Scholarship Winners|website=The Rhodes Scholarships}}</ref> På grund af universitetets tætte forbindelser til [[NASA]] har det produceret et betydeligt antal astronauter og rumforskere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rsi.rice.edu/welcome-rsi|title=Welcome to RSI|access-date=9. september 2020}}</ref> Uddannede fra Rice omfatter administrerende direktører og grundlæggere af [[Fortune 500]]-virksomheder og 3 milliardærer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/how-become-billionaire-where-worlds-super-rich-went-university/|title=How to become a billionaire: where the world's super-rich went to university|website=Times Higher Education|date=7. november 2016}}</ref> i politik omfatter alumner kongresmedlemmer, ministersekretærer, dommere og borgmestre. To alumner har vundet [[Nobelprisen]].<ref>(Se side "10 of 38" og side "37 of 38" i:) {{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/celebrities/slideshow/Famous-Rice-University-alumni-85814.php |title=Famous Rice University alumni|work=Houston Chronicle|last = Boyd|first = John|date = 15. maj 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140604073907/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/celebrities/slideshow/Famous-Rice-University-alumni-85814/photo-6306658.php |archive-date = 4. juni 2014 }}</ref>
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