History at Rider University

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Rider University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Rider.

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

Rider History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Rider History Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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
Most Focused History Schools	909

Earnings of Rider History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $30,069. This is 4% higher than $28,881, which is the national average for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

History Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Rider awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Rider are white. This is typical 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 history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Managers	18,370	$138,820
History Professors	750	$91,270
Curators	120	$75,750
Historians	80	$76,320

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.