Design & Applied Arts at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 design majors received their bachelor's degree from Rider.

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

Rider Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Rider Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at Rider compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 design major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. 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 Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	267
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools	817

Earnings of Rider Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $25,078. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

Design Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in design from Rider in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design 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 design.

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

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

Related Majors

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

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers	5,980	$59,140
Professors	2,670	$73,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Interior Designers	1,440	$57,980
Photographers	1,400	$35,840

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.