Public Relations at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 396 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rider University in 2021, 15 of them were public relations majors.

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

Rider Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Rider Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR 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 PR major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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
	3
	38
	43
	53
	55
	71

PR Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in PR from Rider in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR 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 PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• General Organizational Communication
• Sports Communication

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR 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
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$75,670
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,950	$163,560
Communications Professors	940	$92,200
Advertising and Promotions Managers	460	$158,140

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.