Rider University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Rider University was established in 1865 as a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It offers enrollment to more than 4,000 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students every year. The total campus area of Rider University is 303 acres. The university is organized into 4 colleges:

• College of Business Administration
• College of Continuing Studies
• College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences
• Westminster Choir College

Rider University has over ten social Greek organizations, including the fraternities of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Phi Beta Sigma, Lambda Theta Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Alpha Psi; and the sororities of Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Theta, Lambda Tau Omega, Lambda Theta Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in music, business and management, and education and teaching.
• High faculty salary.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Rider University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 96% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 5,974 in 2009-2010 (5,286 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students and graduate students are 22%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Rider University provides on-campus housing for 2,515 of its 5,286 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 99 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 135 male students received the aid (men were 50% of those receiving aid) and 133 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 50% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Rider University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (24 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (462 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (18 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (303 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (30 awarded)

• Public Administration

LIBERAL ARTS (306 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (18 awarded)

• Advertising

MUSIC (75 awarded)

• Conducting
• Music Theory and Composition
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (14 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (42 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (82 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology