Enrollment Trends at Rider

The student population at Rider University is 4,054 (3,169 undergraduate and 885 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,356 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Rider is 78.17% which is decreased by 1,256 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 100 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

410 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 98.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,830 where 4,054 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,256 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 100 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Rider than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rider University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,410	4,425	1,836	2,589	985	335	650
2014-15	5,294 -116	4,296 -129	1,776 -60	2,520 -69	998 13	334 -1	664 14
2015-16	5,069 -225	4,172 -124	1,778 2	2,394 -126	897 -101	295 -39	602 -62
2016-17	5,057 -12	4,085 -87	1,690 -88	2,395 1	972 75	344 49	628 26
2017-18	5,073 16	4,094 9	1,725 35	2,369 -26	979 7	334 -10	645 17
2018-19	4,824 -249	3,920 -174	1,655 -70	2,265 -104	904 -75	309 -25	595 -50
2019-20	4,674 -150	3,770 -150	1,649 -6	2,121 -144	904 0	278 -31	626 31
2020-21	4,636 -38	3,630 -140	1,533 -116	2,097 -24	1,006 102	317 39	689 63
2021-22	4,204 -432	3,222 -408	1,353 -180	1,869 -228	982 -24	324 7	658 -31
2022-23	4,054 -150	3,169 -53	1,369 16	1,800 -69	885 -97	284 -40	601 -57
Average	4,830	3,878	1,636	2,242	951	315	636

Rider University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,878 where 3,169 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rider University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,425	3,791	1,547	2,244	634	289	345
2014-15	4,296	3,791	1,542	2,249	505	234	271
2015-16	4,172	3,685	1,565	2,120	487	213	274
2016-17	4,085	3,639	1,520	2,119	446	170	276
2017-18	4,094	3,711	1,548	2,163	383	177	206
2018-19	3,920	3,535	1,480	2,055	385	175	210
2019-20	3,770	3,465	1,491	1,974	305	158	147
2020-21	3,630	3,279	1,384	1,895	351	149	202
2021-22	3,222	3,005	1,249	1,756	217	104	113
2022-23	3,169	2,966	1,289	1,677	203	80	123
Average	3,878	3,878	1,462	2,025	3,878	175	217

Rider University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 951 where 885 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rider University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	985	331	132	199	654	203	451
2014-15	998	349	133	216	649	201	448
2015-16	897	337	119	218	560	176	384
2016-17	972	364	127	237	608	217	391
2017-18	979	359	121	238	620	213	407
2018-19	904	303	106	197	601	203	398
2019-20	904	270	82	188	634	196	438
2020-21	1,006	296	91	205	710	226	484
2021-22	982	301	103	198	681	221	460
2022-23	885	309	98	211	576	186	390
Average	951	951	111	211	951	204	425

Rider University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.66%. The percentage was 64.12% 10 years ago and Rider still has a high percentage of white students. 5.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.54% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rider University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	240	484	489	10	3,469	100
2014-15	8	235	529	528	8	3,367	118
2015-16	7	247	560	542	6	3,166	130
2016-17	7	233	540	621	5	3,121	138
2017-18	7	230	597	653	0	3,027	134
2018-19	10	222	598	674	1	2,817	157
2019-20	8	242	615	692	3	2,646	154
2020-21	11	242	644	734	5	2,526	147
2021-22	13	238	594	684	6	2,324	0
2022-23	12	207	549	653	7	2,216	133
Average	10	234	571	627	5	2,868	121

Rider University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

410 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 98.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rider University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,294	207	241	4,846
2015-16	5,069	183	361	4,525
2016-17	5,057	260	482	4,315
2017-18	5,073	290	624	4,159
2018-19	4,824	349	813	3,662
2019-20	4,674	423	948	3,303
2020-21	4,636	521	1,339	2,776
2021-22	4,204	221	672	3,311
2022-23	4,054	410	1,268	2,376
Average	4,765	318	750	3,697

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