Rider University was founded in 1865. From its beginnings as a private business college nearly a century and half ago, Rider University has evolved into a high-quality comprehensive university – one that fosters active and engaged learning and a vibrant living, learning and work environment. Rider has consistently thrived as a home for students seeking a timely, relevant and thorough curriculum and an environment to satisfy their intellectual curiosity.
Founded as Trenton Business College, the institution was established to train leaders in the booming, industrialized post-Civil War economy. While Rider still produces some of today’s leading business executives, it has evolved into a mid-size, highly residential comprehensive university with a diverse campus community and vibrant undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts, sciences, music, fine and performing arts, education, counseling and leadership. In summer 2017, the University offered its first doctoral program, the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership.
What distinguishes Rider from other universities is the sum of the many experiences we offer students – in and out of the classroom – from your first day on campus to graduation and beyond. Rider University is a comprehensive private university of approximately 5,400 students who are drawn to its programs in business, education, liberal arts and sciences, and music and the fine and performing arts. Rider students hail from 63 countries, 39 states, 2 US territories. The people, programs and opportunities from Rider focus on preparing students for a successful career and a rewarding life where students can truly make a difference.
Rider boasts a student-to-teacher ratio of just 12 to 1, and 98 percent of its faculty members hold the Ph.D. or terminal degree in their field. The University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and holds specialized accreditation with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP), and the National Accreditation of School Psychologists (NASP). Rider is also on the approved list of the American Association of University Women and the American Chemical Society.
Location
Lawrence Township, New Jersey (USA)
Centrally located between Philadelphia and New York, Rider’s proximity to these centers of commerce, communications, culture and education offers graduate and undergraduate students alike the rich hands-on experiences they need to prepare for a professional career.
Rider moved to its current 280-acre campus in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in 1959. It is home to the Norm Brodsky College of Business; College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; College of Continuing Studies; and School of Education.
Rider is unique—the time you spend here is unlike any other time in your life. It gleams with excitement and pulses with energy. It’s about becoming the person you dreamed you could be. It’s about gathering skills that will serve you long after you leave. It’s your life waiting to be lived.
Rider’s campuses:
- Lawrenceville Campus, New Jersey (USA)
- Princeton Campus, New Jersey (USA)
School & Faculty
- the Norm Brodsky College of Business
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- College of Education and Human Services
- Westminster College of the Arts
- the College of Continuing Studies.
