Dance at Rider University

If you are interested in studying dance, 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, 20 of them were dance majors.

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

Rider Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

Rider Dance Rankings

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

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 dance major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dance. 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 Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
	67

How Much Do Dance Graduates from Rider Make?

The median salary of dance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $25,861. This is 20% higher than $21,579, which is the national average for all dance bachelor's degree recipients.

Dance Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Dance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from Rider. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical dance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance 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 dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Music

Careers That Dance Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Choreographers	40	$55,680

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.