by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Rider University came in at #290 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey, Rider came in at #9.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Rider took the #183 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New Jersey, Rider came in at #7.
The total graduate student population at Rider is made up of 68.5% women and 31.5% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 27.9% of the graduate student population at Rider. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.6% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,599 | $19,599 |
| Fees | $560 | $560 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Rider is $54,433. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 7% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Rider is $60,193. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 20% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Rider University.
Contact details for Rider are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099 |
| Phone: | 609-896-5000 |
| Website: | www.rider.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/RiderUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/RiderUniversity |
In 2020-2021, 18.2% of the graduate students at Rider University took at least one class online. Roughly 12.2% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 18 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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