At Rider, we focus on learning that meets your life. We offer personal, purposeful, and engaging experiences that are relevant to you today and to your future. We are a student-centered university emphasizing high quality teaching and learning and a supportive community of dedicated faculty and staff who are committed to your success.

Rider’s rich history has emphasized purposeful connections between academic study and education for the professions – creating meaningful linkages between the classroom and a variety of other learning experiences that will help you build leadership skills and achieve success in life and work.

With roots dating back to 1865, Rider is a private, coeducational university located on 280 beautiful acres on two campuses in New Jersey – one in Lawrenceville and one in Princeton, both within easy driving distance to New York City and Philadelphia.