Rivier University Business Programs

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

Where Is Rivier University?

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
Facebook:	http://www.rivier.edu/about.aspx?id=190
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/RivUniversity

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?

The acceptance rate at Rivier University is 76%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 75% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Can I Afford Rivier University?

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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Rivier, approximately 89% of students took out student loans averaging $10,158 a year. That adds up to $40,632 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rivier is 2.4%. 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

There are 1,296 undergraduate students at Rivier, with 868 being full-time and 428 being part-time.

There are also 882 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 868 full-time undergraduates at Rivier, 22% are male and 78% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	26
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	663
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	108

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

In 2019-2020, 1,069 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.

Online Affordability Rankings of Rivier

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Rivier University was $34,510 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Rivier is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Marketing	#4	#4
Marketing	#60	#60

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 #925 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%.

Rivier University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	23	24	47
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	7	0	7
Finance	3	0	3
Other Marketing	0	0	0
TOTAL	33	24	57

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
• Image Credit: By RivierCollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.