Journalism at Rider University

What traits are you looking for in a journalism school? To help you decide if Rider University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's journalism program.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636. In 2021, 8 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Rider.

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

Rider Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Rider Journalism Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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 Value Journalism Schools	211

Journalism Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Journalism Bachelor’s Program

The journalism program at Rider awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism 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 journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Editors	3,130	$74,130
Photographers	1,400	$35,840
Writers and Authors	1,050	$81,160
Communications Professors	940	$92,200
Film and Video Editors	590	$87,150

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.