Graduate Profile
Who are Rider University Graduate students? Take a look at our profile and find out.
- We have nearly 1100 graduate students: 30% male, 70% female
- More than 350 Graduate Business students: 55% male, 45% female
- More than 725 Graduate Education students: 18% male, 82% female
- 82% of our graduate population lives in NJ; 15% live in Pennsylvania.
- 50% of our graduate population lives in Mercer County, 24% in Bucks County, 22% in Burlington County, 17% in Middlesex County, 9% in Somerset County, and 8% in Hunterdon County.
- 97% of our graduate population are commuters.
Graduate Business Students
In academic year 2006-2007, we received 259 graduate business applications. Of this number, 147 graduate applicants were accepted.
The distribution of graduate business applications by program for academic year 2006-2007 was:
- MBA (Master of Business Administration) 70%
- MAcc (Master of Accountancy) 19%
- Executive MBA 9%
- Special Students (non-degree) 2%
Rider MBA and MAcc graduates excel at companies and organizations such as:
- Aetna Inc. U.S. Healthcare
- American General Finance
- American List Counsel
- AT&T
- Bloomberg, LLP
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- CIGNA International
- Dean Witter
- Deloitte & Touche, LLP
- Dow Jones
- ETS
- Fleet Financial
- Johnson & Johnson
- KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
- L'Oreal, USA
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- Merrill Lynch
- New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.
- Prudential
- PSE&G
- State of New Jersey
- State Street Corporation
- UBS PaineWebber
- Warner Lambert
Graduate Education and Human Services Students
In academic year 2006-2007, we received 532 graduate education applications, and 360 of these applicants were accepted.
The distribution of graduate education applications by program for academic year 2006-2007 was:
- Ed.S. in Counseling Services 2%
- Ed.S. School Psychology 9%
- M.A. in Counseling Services 21%
- M.A. in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision 3%
- M.A. in Educational Administration 9%
- M.A. in Organizational Leadership 14%
- M.A. in Reading/Language Arts 5%
- M.A. in Special Education 8%
- Graduate-Level Teacher Certification 22%
- Special Students (non-degree students) 2%
