Rider University

Lawrenceville
Rider university

Rider University: CEFAM partner

Rider University is a small, dynamic university, with low student-faculty ratio. Rider was founded in 1865, and was ranked 27th among the best in the North East by US News and World Report in 2022, and among The Princeton Review’s Best Colleges in 2021. Recently rated as the greenest campus in the US, at Rider University CEFAM students have a campus outside of an urban area. At just 40 minutes from Philadelphia, and an hour from New York City, Rider is in a prime location in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. 

Key Facts & figures

1865 Founded in
5,073 students
Over 60,000 Alumni
$13 000 – $23 000 in scholarships offered to CEFAM students

Photos of the university

Rider University garden
Rider university hall
Rider university building

Rankings

  • #28 in Best Value Schools
  • 387 Princeton Review ranks Rider as “A best 387 College”
  • Forbes ranked Rider University 485th on its “America’s Top Colleges” list in 2015.
  • 94% of full-time faculty hold a doctorate or the highest degree in their field
  • Students from over 53 countries

Notable alumni

  • Robert Miller: Canadian Robert Miller co-founded electronics distributor Future Electronics in 1968. His net worth is of $1.9B
  • Carol M. Meyrowitz is the Executive Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of TJX Companies, the leading off-price retailer in the United States. In 2009, Forbes ranked her 24th in their list of the 100 Most Powerful Women.

Majors

The majors offered by the university are as follows:

  • Accounting
  • Analytics (Minor only)
  • Business Analytics
  • Business Management 
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Health Care Management 
  • Human Resources Management
  • International Management (as a co-major only)
  • Management and Leadership 
  • Management Information Systems 
  • Marketing
  • Marketing: Sports Marketing (minor only) 
  • Supply Chain Management 

Location

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