Rice Purity
Test
Your friends already know their score. Do you know yours?
What Is the
Rice Purity Test?
The Rice Purity Test is a 100-question self-assessment that measures your life experiences across relationships, substances, rule-breaking, and personal behavior. You check every box that applies to you, and your final score lands somewhere between 0 and 100.
A higher score means fewer experiences. A lower score means you have lived a little longer.
It started as a college tradition at Rice University and has since become one of the most taken quizzes on the internet. Students use it as an icebreaker. Friends use it to compare scores on group chats. Some people take it alone just to see where they stand.
The test does not judge you. There is no good score or bad score. Your number simply reflects your experiences up to this point in life, nothing more, nothing less.
Relationships and Romance
Dating, intimacy, and emotional experiences
Physical Experiences
Ranging from a first kiss to more adult territory
Substances
Alcohol, smoking, and drug use
Rule-Breaking and Legal
Academic misconduct, law-related incidents
Social Behavior
Things you have done in group settings or public
Personal Conduct
Honesty, ethics, and personal choices
Each question is a simple yes or no. No explanations needed. No accounts. No data stored. Just you and 100 honest questions.
Simple. Anonymous. Instant.
Read Each Statement
100 statements appear on screen. Each one describes a specific experience or situation.
Check If It Applies
Done it? Check the box. Have not? Skip it. No explanations required, no judgment.
Calculate Your Score
Hit the button once all questions are answered. Your score appears instantly on screen.
Read Your Result
Your score, label, and full category breakdown show up. No waiting, no email, no account.
Rice Purity Test — 100 Questions
Check every box that applies. Your answers never leave your browser.
Your Result
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How We Create Your Results
The Simple Formula
Your final score is built on a simple principle, every experience you have had counts as one point off your starting score of 100.
But we go deeper than just giving you a number.
The 100 questions on this test are grouped into five categories, each measuring a different side of your life experiences.
When you finish the test, your result screen shows your total purity score along with a breakdown of how many boxes you checked in each category. This tells you not just where you landed overall, but which areas of life have shaped your score the most.
The calculation is instant, runs entirely in your browser, and nothing is stored or sent anywhere. Your results are yours alone.
Small rule bends, light social moments, things most people have done at some point.
Relationship and romantic experiences that tend to define a big chunk of your score.
More personal territory covering physical and adult experiences.
Bolder choices, social risks, and situations most people would not openly admit to.
The deep end. Experiences that only a small percentage of people have had.
Score Meanings
Your purity score is not a grade. It is a snapshot of your experiences so far.
The Untouched
Most of the experiences on this test have not happened for you yet. You are likely younger, more reserved, or someone who has taken life at a quieter pace. Your story is still being written.
The Good Kid
A few relationships, maybe some light rule-bending, but nothing too wild. You know enough about life to hold a conversation but still have plenty left to experience. Most high school and early college students land here.
The Average Explorer
This is where most people end up. You have had your share of relationships, social situations, and a few questionable decisions. This is the global average territory and a completely normal place to land.
The Wild Card
You have checked off experiences that most people never will. Life has taken you to some places — some planned, some absolutely not. No judgment, but maybe pace yourself on whatever comes next.
The Legend
Scores this low are extremely rare. You have been through it all and then some. Whether that is something to celebrate or reflect on is entirely your call.
Average Scores & Comparisons
Curious where your score stacks up? Here is what the data actually shows.
Global Average
The global average purity score sits at around 63 to 68 out of 100. If you landed somewhere in the 60s, you are right in the middle of the pack globally.
Average Score by Age
Your age has the biggest influence on where your score lands.
| Age Group | Average Score | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 91 | |
| 16 – 18 | 85 | |
| 18 – 22 (College) | 70 – 80 | |
| 23 – 29 | 55 – 65 | |
| 30 and above | Below 50 |
Men vs Women
On average, women tend to score slightly higher than men — typically by around 3 to 6 points. The gap is most noticeable in the 25 to 34 age group. Neither result is better or worse. It simply reflects different social patterns and experiences across genders.
Where You Live Matters Too
Geography plays a quiet but real role in purity scores. People from regions with more conservative social norms tend to score higher, averaging between 70 and 85. Those from more socially liberal regions tend to average between 55 and 70. Culture shapes experience, and experience shapes your score.
One Thing to Remember
Averages are useful for context, not comparison. Your score reflects your specific life, your choices, and your circumstances. Using someone else's average as a target — in either direction — completely misses the point of the test.
Take the number for what it is. A reflection, not a ranking.
History of the Rice Purity Test
What started as a small survey at a single university has turned into one of the most recognized quizzes on the internet.
1924 — Where It All Began
The Rice Purity Test is born at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The Rice Thresher, the university's student newspaper, publishes an informal ten-question survey given exclusively to female undergraduate students. The questions are simple but carry an underlying message about morality and behavior. One of the original questions asks: "Have you ever done anything you would not tell your mother?" The test is not taken seriously as a scientific tool. It is purely social — a way to measure how "proper" young women are expected to be by the standards of the era.
1974 — The Test Opens Up
For the first time, male students are included in the purity test. However the questions remain largely the same and the language stays binary and rigid. The test grows as a fixture of Rice University's orientation culture. New students wear their purity scores on their shirts during O-Week — the university's orientation period — as a conversation starter and icebreaker between incoming students.
1988 — The Big Expansion
The next major version of the test is published, now stretching to 150 questions. This edition is a significant shift. It includes questions about same-sex relationships for the first time and broadens its scope to cover substances, academic behavior, and legal run-ins. The test is becoming less about policing behavior and more about capturing the full range of young adult experience.
1980s — Goes Digital for the First Time
Before the internet as we know it existed, purity tests were already circulating online. Students at MIT and Carnegie Mellon University create their own digital versions of purity-style questionnaires on early internet forums and Usenet groups. The 100-question format becomes the standard during this period. The test becomes unisex, shedding much of its earlier gendered framing and opening up to a much wider audience.
1990s — Leaves Campus Forever
The internet changes everything. The Rice Purity Test escapes the walls of Rice University and spreads across early websites and online communities. Anyone with a connection can now take it. What was once a local college tradition becomes a global conversation. Millions of people who have never set foot on a university campus take the test for the first time.
2000s — A Quiet Staple
The test becomes a reliable corner of internet culture. It does not dominate headlines but it never disappears either. Countless websites host their own versions. The core 100-question format remains mostly intact, with small updates to language and phrasing to reflect changing social norms.
2020s — Goes Viral Again
TikTok and Instagram bring the Rice Purity Test to an entirely new generation. Users share their scores, tag friends, and challenge each other to compare results. Search interest spikes every year during August and September when new college students encounter it during orientation season. The test gets updated versions, category breakdowns, and result-sharing features that make it more interactive than ever. A quiz that started with 10 questions in a student newspaper is now taken by millions of people every single month across the world.
Today
The Rice Purity Test is no longer just a college tradition. It is a cultural touchstone for anyone curious about where their experiences place them on the spectrum of life. It has outlived every platform it started on, every trend that came and went, and every attempt to replace it with something newer. Some things just stick.
More Tests
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Girl's Rice Purity Test
25 questions built specifically around female experiences and social situations.
Boy's Rice Purity Test
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Rapid Rice Purity Test
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