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Rivier University Overview

Rivier University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Nashua, New Hampshire. The location of Rivier is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Rivier University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$40,210 Avg Cost After Aid
84% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at Rivier is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Rivier.
  • In <nil>, 26% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Rivier bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $62,269 a year. That's about 53% more than their peers at other schools.
  • The average Rivier student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Rivier University?

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Contact details for Rivier are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 420 South Main St, Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: 603-888-1311
Website: www.rivier.edu

How Do I Get Into Rivier?

You can apply to Rivier online at: https://www.rivier.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Rivier

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rivier?

84% Acceptance Rate
67% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 84%, Rivier may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Can I Afford Rivier University?

$40,210 Net Price
83% Take Out Loans
1.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Rivier is $40,210. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Rivier, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $8,936 a year. That adds up to $35,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rivier is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Rivier University Undergraduate Student Diversity

942 Full-Time Undergraduates
73% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,454 undergraduate students at Rivier, with 942 being full-time and 512 being part-time.

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There are also 970 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 942 full-time undergraduates at Rivier, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rivier University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 28
Black or African American 51
Hispanic or Latino 45
White 724
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 94

Geographic Diversity

New Hampshire students aren't the only ones who study at Rivier University. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at Rivier. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Bangladesh, and China.

Online Learning at Rivier University

733 Took All Classes Online
1,276 Took At Least One Class Online
20.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,276 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rivier has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 8th most popular in New Hampshire for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Rivier

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rivier University was 20.5%. This is the #1,054 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rivier regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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