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Rice University's top competitors include Louisiana State University and University of Massachusetts.

	Rice University Rice University (also known as William Marsh Rice University) is a research university with an undergraduate focus.	Louisiana State University Louisiana State University is a higher educational institution.	University of Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts is a public research university system.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1912	Founding Date 1853	Founding Date 1863
Type	Type Private	Type Private	Type Private
Tags	Tags Education higher education professional education	Tags Education higher education learning management	Tags Education adult education higher education professional education
Locations	Locations Houston, US HQ Houston, US	Locations Baton Rouge, US HQ Baton Rouge, US Baton Rouge, US Baton Rouge, US Baton Rouge, US Baton Rouge, US Baton Rouge, US see more	Locations Boston, US HQ Amherst, US Dartmouth, US Dartmouth, US Lowell, US Worcester, US
Employees	Employees 5,407	Employees 8,9521% increase	Employees 3,300
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 42.1 k	Twitter followers 351.7 k	Twitter followers 21.8 k
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 26	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 204	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 35
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 22.8	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 23.1	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 8.3
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 98.53%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%
Alexa Website Rank	Alexa Website Rank 29967	Alexa Website Rank 15178	Alexa Website Rank 544677
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 4.5	Employee Rating N/A	Employee Rating 4.2