Rider University
Rider University admitted 79% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1100–1320 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $24,780 a year. Within six years, 62% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 79%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1100–1320
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–31
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $57,491 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $24,780 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $15,994 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $43,240 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 62%
- Students who return for a second year
- 78%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $66,376 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,797
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,106
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 40%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 31%
- Visual and performing arts
- 14%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Education
- 7%
- Computer and information sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Rowan University NJ · 78% admitted
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- Hope College MI · 79% admitted
- Juniata College PA · 79% admitted
- Cornell College IA · 80% admitted
More colleges in New Jersey
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ · 58% admitted
- Montclair State University NJ · 88% admitted
- Kean University NJ · 76% admitted
- New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ · 65% admitted
- Rutgers University-Newark NJ · 71% admitted
- Stockton University NJ · 89% admitted
- The College of New Jersey NJ · 62% admitted
- William Paterson University of New Jersey NJ · 90% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.