Rider University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 17.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 90 Title IV programs, 33 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 56 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing33 · 36.7%
- No Data56 · 62.2%
- Failing1 · 1.1%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 4
- Oct 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: ProbationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- May 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Jun 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,320 students received $8.0M in Pell grants, alongside $26.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,238 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Rider
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus5
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race2
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Ziegler/Moore Hall1 fireIntentional lighting of paper on bulletin boardDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Rider vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Rider selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRider University | 61% | — | 4,003 | $24,792 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 58% | 90.3% | 3,572 | $12,199 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 72% | 89.0% | 4,767 | $30,988 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 66% | 95.2% | 2,885 | $22,829 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 90.7% | 8,045 | $15,404 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 78.8% | 2,013 | $19,285 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 60% | 90.3% | 3,788 | $21,057 |
Institutions like Rider
Explore the federal data for institutions in Rider's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Saint Peter's University
Grad rate58%Admit rate90.3%Enrollment3,572Net price$12,199View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Monmouth University
Grad rate72%Admit rate89.0%Enrollment4,767Net price$30,988View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
Grad rate66%Admit rate95.2%Enrollment2,885Net price$22,829View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
Grad rate54%Admit rate90.7%Enrollment8,045Net price$15,404View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Jersey
Georgian Court University
Grad rate54%Admit rate78.8%Enrollment2,013Net price$19,285View data
Rider Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Michael J. BroganAssistant Director of Planning and Assessment, Office of the Assistant Vice President for Budget and Planning
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