Communication & Media Studies at Rider University

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at Rider University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rider University in 2021, 15 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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

Rider Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Rider Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Rider compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	436
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	454
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools	572
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Earnings of Rider Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $24,766. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from Rider in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Rider are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rider also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$75,670
Editors	3,130	$74,130
Writers and Authors	1,050	$81,160
Communications Professors	940	$92,200
Reporters and Correspondents	590	$61,180

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.