How many students at Rider? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,054 students have enrolled in Rider University with 3,169 undergraduate and 885 graduate students.

By gender, 1,653 male and 2,401 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

410 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,268 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Rider University has a total of 4,054 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,169 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 885 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,653 male and 2,401 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total4,0543,169885
Men1,6531,369284
Women2,4011,800601
Rider University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartRider University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartRider University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,216 White, 549 Black, and 207 Asian students out of a total of 4,054 are attending at Rider University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1275
Asian20784123
Black549216333
Hispanic653247406
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders734
White2,2169111,305
Two or more races1336172
Race Unknown1104664
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1064
Asian1687593
Black450181269
Hispanic565220345
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders734
White1,657733924
Two or more races1085454
Race Unknown793544
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian39930
Black993564
Hispanic882761
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White559178381
Two or more races25718
Race Unknown311120
Rider University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartRider University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartRider University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Rider has 9 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 3,224 students under 25 years old, and 830 students over 25 years old out of 4,054 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 9 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Rider has 2,947 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 222 students aged 25 and over.

It has 277 graduate students aged under 25 and 608 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18954
18-191,126645481
20-211,305773532
22-24784428356
25-29351225126
30-3415610551
35-39996534
40-491288939
50-64846222
Over 651248
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18954
18-191,126645481
20-211,301770531
22-24511249262
25-291055253
30-34392613
35-39261610
40-4925196
50-6421165
Over 65624
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21431
22-2427317994
25-2924617373
30-341177938
35-39734924
40-491037033
50-64634617
Over 65624
Rider University 2023 Student Population by Age chartRider University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartRider University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartRider University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartRider University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartRider University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Rider University, 410 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,268 students are enrolled in some online courses.

306 students lived in New Jersey or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 104 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students4,0544101,268
Undergraduate3,169931,006
Graduate885317262
Online Student Population by Locality
New Jersey ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students306986
Undergraduate81102
Graduate225884
Rider University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,169 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 221 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.97%.193 students have transferred in as full-time status and 28 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,773
Transfer-in Full-time193
Regular Part-time175
Transfer-in Part-time28

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