Accounting at Rider University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Rider University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Rider Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Rider Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Accounting Student Demographics at Rider

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Rider University.

Rider Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 38% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rider University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Rider Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Rider does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Rider, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rider University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Rider University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rider University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	112
Accounting and Finance	3

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43,380	$46,860
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Financial Managers	21,340	$175,880
Financial Analysts	10,560	$106,100
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	4,130	$47,450

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.