Hotels near Rice University are always on sale with CheapOair! The William Marsh Rice University is also sometimes referred as Rice University or Rice and is situated near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. The University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and research universities and has 3,708 undergraduate and 2,374 graduate degree-seeking students. The university is organized into eleven residential colleges and eight schools of academic study and its small size allows personal interaction between students and professors. Find great deals on cheap hotels near Rice University, and count on CheapOair for all your travel booking needs!