General Psychology at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636.

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

Rider General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Rider General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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.