Be 1 of 10 full-tuition scholarship recipients.
Rider University's full-tuition Trustee Scholarship offers eligible applicants a tuition-free four years at Rider. It provides a total value of approximately $150,000.
The Rider experience brings unique, hands-on learning opportunities to all students. As a Trustee Scholar, you’ll get exclusive access to some great benefits. All scholars complete one of our honors programs and get to attend the President’s Annual Trustee Scholars Dinner. A select few will even participate in the Provost’s Intellectual Climate Committee. Plus, you’ll have access to a plethora of campus and community activities, student/faculty research, honors programs and so much more!
At this time, the deadline to be considered for the Trustee Scholarship for freshman applicants has passed. We encourage you to explore scholarships for first-year students and other opportunities.
How to Apply
- Apply to Rider via Common Application
- Submit Trustee Scholarship Application & Essay
- Upload video in Be A Bronc Dashboard in the portfolio section
- Please include “Trustee Scholarship Video” and date in your video’s file name
The Trustee Scholarship application* deadline is November 15, 2023.
*The Trustee Scholarship application is a separate process from applying to Rider University via the Common Application.
In early January, all students will be notified of their Trustee Scholarship application status.
Semi-finalists will be invited to the Virtual Trustee Scholarship Interview Day program on Saturday, January 27, 2024. If selected as a semi-finalist, attendance at Interview Day is required.
Trustee scholarship academic qualifications:
- Minimum of 3.7 GPA & 1340 SAT or 29 ACT
- Minimum of 3.8 GPA (test-optional only)
- A 400-500 word Trustee Scholarship Essay
- A 4 to 5 minute video
- *Note: Trustee Scholarship applicants can only submit the video after they applied to Rider University via the Common Application. Soon after, applicants will gain access to their Be A Bronc Dashboard, where they will upload it in the Portfolio section.
Essay question (required)
How will you explore the community at Rider? Consider how becoming a Rider Bronc will help shape your perspective and identity, and how your identity and perspective will help shape Rider.
Video (required)
Share with us the most important activity in which you have participated in your life thus far. How has it added value to your life and shaped your plans for the future? How will you connect what you have learned from it to your education at Rider?
Have you already applied to Rider?
You may be notified of your acceptance to Rider before we review your Trustee Scholarship essay and video. Included in your acceptance packet will be a letter alerting you to any scholarships for which you qualify. If you are awarded the Trustee Scholarship, it will replace all other Rider-funded grants and scholarships awarded.
*Important Notice for Audition-Based Applicants:
Applicants to audition-based programs (including Acting for Film, Television, and Theatre and Musical Theatre programs), can apply through Early Action and are eligible for the Trustee Scholarship, provided they apply for admission by November 15 and attend an audition in December.
*Please note, applicants to audition-based programs are not eligible for all Early Action benefits offered.