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PERM sponsor, #1,906 of 70,985 by filings
William Marsh Rice University
- Main job
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary · 17% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Houston, TX · 100% of its filings
- Industry
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310
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- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
23 decided filings: too few for an approval rate.
Why
Across every PERM case DOL decided in this window, 3.20% were denied. At that rate a file this size comes back clean most of the time whatever the sponsor did, so a percentage would be a fact about how few cases there are. Telling a clean record apart from the field takes about 117 decided cases.
Filings
23
#1,906 of 70,985
Certified
22
1 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 23 decided
Median wage
$98,928
offered, per year
Median days
466
at the field median
Right now
DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 14 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow William Marsh Rice University
An email when DOL moves its cases as a group: five or more on or off hold in a day, or a batch decided well above its usual pace.
What DOL has done to its cases as a group
Nothing employer-wide since this site's record began on August 27, 2026.
How long it takes
How long their cases are taking
- 302 days
Every employer
median of 29,912 decisions in the same 90 days
None of their cases were decided in the last 90 days, too few for a median of their own. Filing to decision, over decisions we watched DOL make; withdrawals left out.
Filed today: a new case joins the same line as anyone's, behind 80,461 cases, and would be decided around March 18, 2027 (between February 26, 2027 and April 27, 2027). Estimate another date
Every program
Across DOL's programs
The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, one line each.
- PERM (green card)
- 23 published
- 0 pending
- $98,928 median, n=23
- Prevailing wage requests
- 13 published
- 0 pending
- $63,870 median, n=13
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 0 published
- 0 pending
- no wage published
Every case across these programs is in the search.
How these are counted
Medians are of the published rows with a usable wage, annualised from whatever unit the filing quoted, and withheld under 10 wages. DOL publishes no employer number, so filings are matched by the employer's legal name; another employer with the same legal name would be counted here too. The PERM is the green-card step; the wage request comes months before it, and the LCA is the separate form for an H-1B. DOL publishes each in its own file, and its live record shows what is still open.
Its newest wage requests and LCAs
Filed by William Marsh Rice University, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-24092-844627 UX Designer I $69,534 per year 2024-04-01 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24023-659464 Assistant Professor $70,640 per year 2024-01-23 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24023-659430 Research Scientist $59,405 per year 2024-01-23 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24023-659388 Contract Specialist I $159,016 per year 2024-01-23 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23326-519862 Research Scholar $56,493 per year 2023-11-22 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.
Likely cap-exempt, by inference. 100% of its coded PERM filings name NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), and colleges hire H-1B workers outside the lottery (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(A)). Whether this employer qualifies is USCIS's call.
Against other sponsors
Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
466 daysmiddle of 23 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 22 and 24 filings.
- Their median wait
- 462 days
- This one
- 466 days
This one sits 4 days behind them.
Why no approval rate
A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 1,906 of 70,985 by volume: 1,905 filed at least as many filings, and 69,079 filed no more.
- Just above
- California State University, Fullerton 23 filings
- Just below
- FUSION PLUS SOLUTIONS INC. 23 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #1,905 California State University, Fullerton 23 filings · 2 denied
- #1,907 FUSION PLUS SOLUTIONS INC. 23 filings · 3 denied
- #1,904 Avalara, Inc. 23 filings · 1 denied
- #1,908 Lakeside TLF LLC 23 filings · none denied
- #1,903 Sailpoint Technologies, Inc. 23 filings · 1 denied
- #1,909 KASTECH Solutions, LLC 23 filings · 3 denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Business Teachers, Postsecondary, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
- #299 Univ of WI System 124 filings · 2 denied
- #478 Indiana University 78 filings · 3 denied
- #391 The Pennsylvania State University 93 filings · 1 denied
- #926 Harvard University 43 filings · none denied
- #698 The University of Chicago 56 filings · none denied
- #465 Purdue University 79 filings · 3 denied
What they file, and where
A rank says how much. It says nothing about what the work is, which is the part a job offer from this sponsor turns on.
What the jobs are
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1011.00 · 4 filings, 17% of everything they file
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1022.002
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-10112
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-10212
- Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1061.001
- Chemists 19-2031.001
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 12 of 23 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.
The industry they declared
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
NAICS 611310 · 23 filings
How this is counted
The NAICS code the employer entered on the form, with the Census Bureau's title for it. DOL publishes the code alone, and an employer can file under more than one.
Where the jobs are
- Texas 23
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. This state covers 23 of 23 filings.
Where the work is
- Houston, TX 23
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. This city covers 23 of 23 filings.
Who files for them
- Foster LLP 23 filings
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 23 of 23 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 6 cases
Houston Chronicle
How this is counted
The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.
Additional steps it used
- 6 cases
The employer's website
- 6 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 6 cases
Radio or TV ads
How this is counted
The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.
How long before filing it began
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 0.0%
60 to 89 days
- 17%
90 to 119 days
- 0.0%
120 to 149 days
- 83%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
How this is counted
Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.
History
Year by year since 2008
85 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2024 with 9.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2026 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 36. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22154-65652 | 2023-04-21 | certified | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING, TX | $235,000 |
| A-22159-68175 | 2023-04-03 | certified | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING, TX | $235,000 |
| A-22003-92802 | 2023-01-20 | certified | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/INSTRUCTIONAL COORDINATOR, TX | $62,000 |
| A-21307-67874 | 2022-12-29 | certified | IT SERVICES SPECIALIST, TX | $70,000 |
| A-21111-76505 | 2022-05-31 | denied | Licensing Associate, TX | $80,829 |
| A-21213-25456 | 2022-03-09 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $110,000 |
| A-21116-78552 | 2022-02-08 | certified | Data Research Engineer, TX | $105,165 |
| A-21110-76115 | 2021-12-14 | certified | Assistant Teaching Professor (Data Science), TX | $100,000 |
The other 17
| A-20365-37983 | 2021-11-16 | certified | Lecturer in Japanese, TX | $47,000 |
| A-21109-75774 | 2021-11-15 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $110,000 |
| A-21048-52954 | 2021-10-04 | certified | Assistant Professor (Tenure-track faculty position), TX | $185,000 |
| A-21046-52331 | 2021-09-28 | certified | Assistant Professor (Tenure-track faculty position), TX | $185,000 |
| A-20238-91762 | 2021-05-20 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $165,000 |
| A-20063-26083 | 2021-02-03 | certified | Assistant Professor of Finance, TX | $235,000 |
| A-19361-00308 | 2020-06-04 | certified | Financial Reporting Analyst, TX | $51,600 |
| A-19163-17252 | 2020-02-28 | certified | Research Analyst, TX | $68,557 |
| A-19233-47616 | 2020-01-10 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $185,000 |
| A-19004-58996 | 2019-09-30 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $76,000 |
| A-19069-80536 | 2019-07-15 | certified | Assistant Professor, Computer Science, TX | $110,000 |
| A-19054-76093 | 2019-05-29 | certified | Lecturer in Korean, TX | $51,360 |
| A-19054-76098 | 2019-05-14 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $110,000 |
| A-18261-19475 | 2018-12-10 | certified | Assistant Professor of Political Science, TX | $100,000 |
| A-18260-19201 | 2018-12-10 | certified | Assistant Professor, TX | $110,000 |
| A-18258-18702 | 2018-12-10 | certified | Assistant Professor of Strategy, TX | $185,000 |
| A-18258-18696 | 2018-12-10 | certified | Assistant Professor of Finance, TX | $230,000 |
Who they sponsored, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- China 5
- Canada 4
- India 4
- Germany 3
- Italy 3
- Australia 2
Worker's education
- Doctorate 31
- Master's 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 35
- J-1 1
Schools
- RICE UNIVERSITY 3
- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 2
- BOSTON COLLEGE 1
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1
Fields of study
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 3
- COMPUTER SCIENCE 3
- ECONOMICS 3
- MANAGEMENT 2
- MATHEMATICS 2
- ACCOUNTING 1
Notes on these numbers
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Business Teachers, Postsecondary, 4 of 23. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles they file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
- Volume doesn’t change the wait
- DOL works a single national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so these 23 filings bought no priority: a company with four thousand waits exactly as long as one with three.
- The name is a legal entity
- DOL prints whatever went on the form, and here that name ranks 1,906. A group that files through several subsidiaries appears as several rows, and one that files everything through a parent appears once, so a rank is a rank among printed names rather than among companies.
- A median over 23 decided cases
- The queue is national and first in, first out, so this figure follows when the cases were filed as much as it follows the sponsor.
- Two sources, and they do not add up
- The filing counts come from DOL's disclosure files, where every row already carries a decision date, so nothing pending is in them. The queue figures come from a live per-case tracker with its own coverage and its own as-of date. Subtracting one from the other gives a number that means nothing. The worksite on most of these is TX. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 20, 2026 · daily
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.