Find the best way to finance your Rider graduate education.

Financial aid is available to qualified graduate students under several loan programs. Examples of loan sources are the Federal Stafford loans and private alternatives for students. Interested students should contact the office of student financial services (609-896-5360) to inquire about financial aid availability and other loan possibilities, or visit the Student Financial Services Web site at www.rider.edu/sfs. 

Assistantships

At Rider University, we have a limited number of Graduate Assistantships available to students who are interested in gaining valuable experience working on campus.  These jobs provide an excellent opportunity to engage in meaningful work, allow you to make contacts both on and off campus, while enabling you to defray the cost of your graduate work.  We encourage you to research the available positions. 

A standard assistantship position will require you to work for no more than 20 hours per week on campus, for which you will receive an hourly wage.  Some of the available positions may have flexibility for non-traditional hours.  Each semester, you will be required to complete a new assistantship agreement contract to be handled within each individual department.  In addition, your compensation will include up to six credit hours of coursework that will be subsidized by the department that employs you.  Please refer to the job descriptions for any variation on compensation.  

To facilitate your search for an available Graduate Assistantship, all open positions are now listed on the MonsterTrak job search site.  Below you will find instructions on how to access these listings.  Please note there are a limited number of assistantships available, so we encourage you to apply as soon as you find a position of interest. 

Directions for accessing Graduate Assistantship listings on MonsterTrak

1. Go to http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/seekers/  (You must use internet browsers of at least Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 7.0.
2. In the center of the screen, click on the green “Sign Up Here” button.
3. Select the state (New Jersey) and school (Rider University).
4. Click on “Sign Up!”  Note: If you are off-campus, you may be prompted for a password.  Enter it in the box provided.  Rider’s password is rubridges plus the last four digits of your social security number.  (Example:  rubridges0000 – all lower-case, no spaces.  Please note that rubridges0000 will not work, please be sure to use your own last four digits.)  When using a campus computer, you will not be prompted for a school password.  Click on Continue.
5. Click on “Search Jobs.”
6. Choose On-Campus (Work Study) under “Limit Jobs Searched” and click on Search.
7. All Graduate Assistantships will have “G.A.” in their title.
8. Choose the job titles you are interested in, and click on the underlined link.  This will bring you to a description of the position.
9. In each description you will find contact information for the person responsible for the position.  You have the option of either emailing your cover letter and resume (and any other requested information) directly to the person, or applying online.
10. If you choose to apply online, click on the gold arrow at the end of the description to submit your resume and apply for the job.  You will be prompted to set up an account or login with an existing one.
11. Follow the instructions on the screen to post your resume.  If you need assistance, please contact the Career Services Office at 609-896-5000 ext. 7488, or Nancy Silvester at ext. 7188.