Public Relations at Rider University

If you plan to study public relations, take a look at what Rider University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,824. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Rider.

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: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

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
Most Focused Public Relations Undergraduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Public Relations Undergraduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	40
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Public Relations Schools	51
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	74

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

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from Rider. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rider also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sports Communication
• Advertising
• General Organizational 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.