Which Rider University major has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $22,233 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Rider University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Rider University cost?

Tuition and fees are $41,120 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $24,792 a year.

How many Rider University programs report graduate pay?

23 bachelor's programs at Rider University report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

Rider University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Lawrenceville, NJ
3,106 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

23 Rider University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($65,849), and Radio, TV, and Digital Media the least ($16,690). The median program pays $41,421.

Tuition and fees$41,120Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$24,792Per year

Graduation rate61%Within 6 years

Admission rate79%Of applicants

All 23 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New Jersey" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New Jersey. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New Jersey
1	AccountingAbout 39 graduates a year	$65,849	$78,774	$25,536	5th of 15
2	Management ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$58,890	Not reported	$23,125	2nd of 3
3	FinanceAbout 49 graduates a year	$57,881	$84,310	$27,000	3rd of 8
4	Teacher EducationAbout 78 graduates a year	$57,145	$57,544	$26,466	2nd of 9
5	International BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$53,124	$88,215	$27,000	1st of 3
6	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$52,940	$53,684	$27,000	3rd of 6
7	Business AdministrationAbout 66 graduates a year	$50,838	$78,249	$24,250	6th of 22
8	MathematicsAbout 3 graduates a year	$50,478	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 11
9	HistoryAbout 10 graduates a year	$46,393	$55,702	$27,000	2nd of 11
10	MarketingAbout 34 graduates a year	$44,352	$69,550	$27,000	3rd of 9
11	CommunicationsAbout 7 graduates a year	$41,864	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 15
12	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$41,421	$64,197	$25,720	13th of 14
13	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 8 graduates a year	$41,315	$65,807	$22,233	4th of 12
14	BiologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$41,181	$68,419	$26,977	3rd of 19
15	Human ResourcesAbout 21 graduates a year	$40,941	$73,065	$27,000	5th of 5
16	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 18 graduates a year	$38,600	$66,886	$25,000	2nd of 3
17	PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year	$38,118	$54,210	$27,000	1st of 19
18	SociologyAbout 5 graduates a year	$36,705	$53,633	$27,000	2nd of 13
19	Criminal JusticeAbout 40 graduates a year	$36,053	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 15
20	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 20 graduates a year	$29,445	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 8
21	DanceAbout 19 graduates a year	$24,515	$30,456	Not reported	1st of 2
22	MusicAbout 31 graduates a year	$20,727	$40,624	$27,000	8th of 9
23	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaGraduates a year not reported	$16,690	$50,112	$27,000	3rd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and New Jersey ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New Jersey programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Accounting$65,849
Management Science$58,890
Finance$57,881
Teacher Education$57,145
International Business$53,124

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$22,233
Management Science$23,125
Business Administration$24,250
Public Relations and Advertising$25,000
Accounting$25,536

Largest programs

Teacher EducationAbout 78 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 66 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 49 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 40 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $65,849 in their first year, the most of 23 Rider University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New Jersey rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels