Rider has formal partnerships with a select number of community colleges:

• Brookdale Community College
• Bucks County Community College
• Burlington County College
• Mercer County Community College
• Middlesex County College
• Raritan Valley Community College

Rider also maintains close ties to the following institutions:

• Atlantic Cape Community College
• Bergen Community College
• Camden County College
• Community College of Philadelphia
• County College of Morris
• Cumberland County College
• Essex County College
• Gloucester County College
• Hudson County College
• Ocean County College
• Passaic County Community College
• Salem County College
• Sussex County Community College
• Union County College