Programs with STEM OPT Designation
Please refer to the Department of Homeland Security STEM Designated Degree Program List as the official guidance should there be any question on the below list. You can also refer to the Rice University General Announcements to confirm Program Codes related to this list. All of the below Rice programs' CIP codes determine them to be eligible for the STEM OPT extension.
CIP Code | Degree Name | Program Name | School |
---|---|---|---|
04.0902 | MARCH | Architecture | Architecture |
14.0201, 40.0899 | MS, Ph.D. | Applied Physics | Interdisciplinary |
30.0101 | MS, PH.D. | Systems, Synthetic & Physical Biology | Interdisciplinary |
14.0501 | MBE, MBE GMI, M.S., Ph.D. | Bioengineering | Engineering |
14.0701 | MCHE, MS, Ph.D. | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Engineering |
14.0801 | MCEE, MS, Ph.D. | Civil Engineering | Engineering |
14.1404 | MCEE, MS, Ph.D. | Environmental Engineering | Engineering |
27.0304 | MCAAM, MA, Ph.D. | Computational Applied Math & Operations Research | Engineering |
30.3001 | MCSE | Computational Science & Engineering | Engineering |
11.0101 | MCS, MS, Ph.D. | Computer Science | Engineering |
30.7001 | MDS | Data Science | Engineering |
14.4701 | MECE, MS, Ph.D. | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering |
14.3701 | MIE | Industrial Engineering | Engineering |
15.1601 | MMSNE, MS, Ph.D. | Materials Science & NanoEngineering | Engineering |
14.1901 | MME, MS, Ph.D. | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering |
15.1501 | MEML | Engineering Management and Leadership | Engineering |
27.0501 | MSTAT, MA, Ph.D. | Statistics | Engineering |
52.1399 | MACC | Accounting | Business |
52.1399 | MBA | Executive, Full-Time, Hybrid, Professional Full-Time MBA |
Business |
41.0301 | MSACS | Applied Chemical Sciences | Natural Sciences |
30.0601 | MBSHP | Bioscience and Health Policy | Natural Sciences |
26.0202 | MS, Ph.D. | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Natural Sciences |
26.1310 | MS, Ph.D. | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Natural Sciences |
40.0501 | MA, Ph.D. | Chemistry | Natural Sciences |
40.0601 | MS, Ph.D. | Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences | Natural Sciences |
40.0601 | MSEG | Energy Geoscience | Natural Sciences |
03.0103 | MSEA | Environmental Analysis | Natural Sciences |
27.0101 | MA, Ph.D. | Mathematics | Natural Sciences |
40.0801 | MS, Ph.D. | Physics & Astronomy | Natural Sciences |
14.0201 | MSSPS | Space Studies | Natural Sciences |
45.0603, 27.0305 | MA, Ph.D. | Economics | Social Sciences |
45.0603 | MEECON | Energy Economics | Social Sciences |
30.3101 | MHCIHF | Human-Computer Interaction | Social Sciences |
42.2804 | MIOP | Industrial-Organizational Psychology | Social Sciences |
42.2706, 30.1001, 11.0105, 42.2804, 42.2208 |
Ph.D. | Psychological Sciences, PCAN, PHBM, PHCI, PIOP, PPQP |
Social Sciences |
30.0601 | MSPE | Social Policy Evaluation | Social Sciences |
Last updated July 2024.