Rider earned 31 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 12 in the top 10% and 15 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 61 in Highest Paid Graduates for Arts & Media Management, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 31 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 4
Highest placement: #2 of 61, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 10
Placements this edition: 211
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Rider University Earned?
Rider University holds 31 ranking badges across 10 fields of study, 4 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
4
Top 10%
12
Top 15%
15
Total
31
What Is Rider University Known For?
Rider University is best known for Education: 8 of its 31 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Arts & Media Management, Entrepreneurial Studies and Liberal Arts General Studies.
Rider University earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #64 of 240 in Wrestling (top 27%).
How Does Rider University Rank for Online Students?
Rider University earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #3 of 9 in Most Popular Online for Sacred Music (top 34%).
How Does Rider University Rank for Veterans?
Rider University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #812 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 17%).
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Rider University appears in 211 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team