Rider University
Private College in Lawrenceville, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $62,208.
Students who entered Rider University reach a median of $62,208 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 61% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $26,130, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.2% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
79% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 10,071 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Yield is low at 9%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 550–670 | 89 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 27–31 | 16 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 78% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,151 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,506 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $15,824 while those at $110k+ pay $31,574. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $28,350. Most students borrow — 59% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 804 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,824 |
| $30–48k | $18,090 |
| $48–75k | $22,119 |
| $75–110k | $28,445 |
| $110k+ | $31,574 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,862 of these 3,151 students, totalling $12,124,204 — an average of $6,511 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mercer County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation (Fails to meet agency standards for initial or renewed accreditation), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)