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  • Enrollment: 4,094 undergraduate; 950 graduate
  • Costs 2020-21: undergraduate tuition $35,000; fees $640; room & board $15,280
  • % freshmen receiving financial aid: 66%
  • % freshmen applicants admitted: 67%
  • SAT score range: Critical reading 500-600; Math 490-590
  • Student-faculty ratio: 11 to 1
  • Graduation rate (within 6 years of enrolling): 65%
  • Median salary (10 years after enrolling): $50,600
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Founded 1865 as Trenton Business College with first president Andrew Jackson Rider, relocated campus to Lawrenceville in 1959, now site of 350-acre main campus in Lawrenceville. Five academic units: College of Business Administration, College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, College of Continuing Studies, and  Westminster College of the Arts. Westminster Choir College, prominent music conservatory with programs including music-teacher training, vocal and instrumental performance, sacred music, and research, with 23-acre site in Princeton, formerly independent school until 1992 merger with Rider, which announced July 2019 termination of proposed controversial sale of Westminster to Kaiwen Education, a for-profit Chinese company, Rider subsequently announced plan to shift Westminster programs from Princeton to its main campus in Lawrenceville. 70 undergraduate programs and 35 graduate programs. Announced September 2020 reduction of 22% in base annual undergraduate tuition, from $45,120 to $35,000, as well as expanded support for career preparation program internships.Ranked tied for #50 (tie) in Best Regional Universities North in 2021 US News & World Report. Data Analytics Lab opened December 2018, centerpiece of $4.3 million renovation project to College of Business Administration. Announced new 2019 Bachelor of Arts in Game and Interactive Media Design, with courses in video game design, storytelling and development. Noted alumni include Richard (Digger) Phelps, broadcaster and former University of Notre Dame basketball coach; Harry Gamble, past president of Philadelphia Eagles; William Mastrosimone, playwright. 
*  Rider announces measures to reduce tuition ‘sticker shock’ and strengthen educational value, 9/2/2020, Rider University
* Chinese firm backs out of deal to buy New Jersey choir college, 7/2/2019, China Daily


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