Liberal Arts General Studies at Rider University

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts 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, 21 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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

Rider Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Rider

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Rider does offer online courses in liberal arts for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Rider Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how Rider performed in these rankings.

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 liberal arts major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	50
Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	401
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	464
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools	796

Earnings of Rider Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $41,211. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Liberal Arts General Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of liberal arts associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Rider does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal arts graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Rider Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

The liberal arts program at Rider awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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
Professors	2,670	$73,660

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.