Sociology at Rider University

If you are interested in studying sociology, 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 has a total student population of 4,636. Of the 1,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rider University in 2021, 12 of them were sociology majors.

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

Rider Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Rider Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology 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 sociology major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
	151
Best Sociology Schools	199
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	509

Earnings of Rider Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $34,035. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology from Rider in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology at Rider are white. This is above average 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociology Professors	480	$94,620
Sociologists	40	$106,470

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.