+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Rider University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.9k → $41.1k).
New Jersey · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Rider University
Lawrenceville, New Jersey. 3,192 undergraduate students. 100 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Rider University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Rider University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Rider University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.9k → $41.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$62,208+21% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$51,289
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry63.3%+14% · '97→'24
New Jersey median 62.0%$20,500+138% · '97→'20
At program completion3,192-14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS81.6%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time79.4%-1% · '01→'09
latest cohort$38,900+134% · '00→'24
out-of-state $38,900SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.4%Median federal debt $20,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $62,208 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+134%
Rider University · in-state tuition rose
$17,564 → $41,120
+134%
Rider University · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,564 → $41,120
+138%
Rider University · median debt rose
$11,000 → $26,130
-100%
Rider University · cohort default rate fell
7.4% → 0.0%
+88%
Rider University · pell share rose
18.5% → 34.7%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$121,990Accounting and Related Services.$100,110Educational Administration and Supervision.$98,223International Business.$88,215Finance and Financial Management Services.$84,310Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$81,583Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$81,362Accounting and Related Services.$78,774Business Administration, Management and Operations.$78,249Human Resources Management and Services.$73,065Marketing.$69,550Biology, General.$68,419Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$66,886Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$65,807Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$64,964Computer and Information Sciences, General.$64,197Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,542Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$57,544Music.$56,566History.$55,702Psychology, General.$54,210Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$53,684Sociology.$53,633English Language and Literature, General.$52,233
Showing top 24 of 28 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
28 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$78,249Marketing.$69,550Accounting and Related Services.$78,774Accounting and Related Services.$100,110Human Resources Management and Services.$73,065Finance and Financial Management Services.$84,310Business Administration, Management and Operations.$121,990Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$81,583International Business.$88,215
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Rider University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$638,634
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,356
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Rider University graduates earn $X” — not “Rider University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Rider University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.