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At Rider, we focus on learning that meets your life. We offer personal, purposeful, and engaging experiences that are relevant to you today and to your future. We are a student-centered university emphasizing high-quality teaching and learning and a supportive community of dedicated faculty and staff who are committed to your success.
Rider University’s innovative academic programs—renowned for their curricular excellence and prominent faculty—have placed Rider in the top tier of northern universities (by U.S. News & World Report) and among “Best 366 Colleges” (by Princeton Review).

With roots dating back to 1865, Rider is a private, coeducational university located on 280 beautiful acres on two campuses in New Jersey – one in Lawrenceville and one in Princeton, both within easy driving distance to New York City and Philadelphia.

Rider’s four academic colleges – the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences (comprised of the School of Education and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences), the College of Continuing Studies, and Westminster College of the Arts—provide dynamic undergraduate programs in more than 60 areas and graduate programs in 18 specialties. What you’ll get is an opportunity to excel—to achieve academic excellence and career success.

College of Business Administration
Business administration is for anyone who wants to develop the skills needed to turn ideas and dreams into reality.  Whether it’s creating your own company or rising to the top of a major corporation, the key is having the skills to make it happen.

In each of its majors, the College of Business Administration (CBA) seeks to develop in students the skills needed to perform effectively in a variety of organizational settings - small business, multinational corporation, service industry, not-for-profit, family company - depending upon the student’s interests and goals.  Each program is designed to provide an educational experience for the whole person by combining theory and practice.  Business students participate in a learning environment that offers both the practical skills needed to launch a career and the learning skills needed for continued growth.

College of Continuing Studies
Rider’s commitment to the part-time student is as old as Rider itself.  Established as a business school in 1865 to meet the needs of returning Civil War veterans, it included an evening program for people unable to attend during the day.  Recognizing that learning is a lifelong process and that part-time students need a variety of learning opportunities, Rider established the School of Continuing Studies in 1978, incorporating the Evening School.  In 1994 the School for Continuing Studies became the College of Continuing Studies (CCS).

Students enroll in Continuing Studies for a variety of reasons: to earn a degree; to learn more about our complex society; to update or upgrade professional skills; or to prepare for graduate school, certification, or career changes.  Continuing Studies offers programs responsive to students’ needs.  Students enroll in day, evening, weekend, online, and other alternate format undergraduate courses.

College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences
The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduates prove just how diverse the liberal arts program is.  Bankers, journalists, lawyers and authors have all received degrees in liberal arts and sciences. Liberal arts majors benefit from a flexible program that allows them to concentrate within their field of study.
Since 1913, the School of Education at Rider has made a difference, responding with imagination to the education profession by preparing graduates for the opportunities and challenges of teaching.  Committed to excellence, the School of Education keeps all its programs relevant to the changing needs of students, the professional communities it serves, and society by anticipating those needs and taking measures to meet them.  This commitment to excellence is based on the belief that today’s teacher must be able to demonstrate sensitivity to students, familiarity with curriculum, and a thorough knowledge of subject matter and the learning process.

Westminster College of the Arts
Westminster College of the Arts offers every Rider student the opportunity to participate in the arts — whether you plan a lifetime career in the arts or seek the personal expression and enrichment found through its study.

Our internationally acclaimed Westminster Choir College is considered one of the finest schools of its kind in the world. Located on Rider’s Princeton Campus, its students are immersed in the study of music in a historic, conservatory-style setting.

Our new School of Fine and Performing Arts offers students the opportunity to explore their artistic talents in a university environment. Based on Rider's Lawrenceville Campus, students can major, minor or take elective courses in art, music, theater, and music theater.