Rider University Finance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services
- Private nonprofit university
- Lawrenceville, NJ
- About 49 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Rider University finance graduates earn about what finance graduates earn nationally, $57,881 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 82% of finance programs in the country. Two other New Jersey programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New Jersey and national columns are the medians across all finance bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Rider University graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the New Jersey median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New Jersey finance program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Jersey medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 46% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $1,813 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 5.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 20 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $52,260.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
78% of graduates (68 of 87) were working in New Jersey one year after graduating. Prices in the Trenton area are about 3% above the national average, so a $57,881 salary here buys what about $56,097 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to finance, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$173,690Median pay in New Jersey. 53,000 people work in this job in New Jersey. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Financial Managers
$199,110Median pay in New Jersey. 32,510 people work in this job in New Jersey. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$82,420Median pay in New Jersey. 15,230 people work in this job in New Jersey. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 35,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Financial and Investment Analysts
$108,610Median pay in New Jersey. 10,380 people work in this job in New Jersey. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Rider University
Finance ranks 3rd of 23 bachelor's programs at Rider University by first-year earnings. The top three are Accounting ($65,849), Management Science ($58,890), and Finance ($57,881).
Other finance bachelor's programs near Lawrenceville
Common questions
The median graduate earns $57,881 one year after graduating and $84,310 five years after. The median across finance bachelor's programs in New Jersey is $52,108.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 8th lowest of 8 finance bachelor's programs in New Jersey. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 47% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. Compare the cost with other New Jersey programs before deciding.
Most do. 78% (68 of 87) were working in New Jersey one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the finance program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024