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Rider University

Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3001

Official telephone: (609) 896-5000
Fax number: (609) 895-5680
Website: https://www.rider.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,168
Full-time undergraduates: 2,966
Part-time undergraduates: 202
Total graduate students: 886
Full-time graduate students: 309
Part-time graduate students: 577
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
14.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
18.3% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
52.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.0% Nonresident Alien
2.3% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 280 acres
Nearest major city: New York City, Philadelphia

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 50%
Percent of students who live off campus: 50%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 300
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government Association; Greek Council; Association of Commuter Students; Black Student Union; Residence Hall Association

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I

Intramural/Recreational sports:
baseball; basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; field hockey; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Newark Liberty International

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