Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 clinical psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Rider.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Rider Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Rider offers distance education options for clinical psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Rider Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical psychology 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 clinical psychology major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology. 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
	10
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Basic Certificate Schools	19
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	32
	33
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	140
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	165

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from Rider. This makes it the #140 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology from Rider. About 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical clinical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology at Rider are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical psychology 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 clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rider Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from Rider. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

• General Psychology

Careers That Clinical Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical psychology 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
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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.