Rider University

Founded in 1865 as the Trenton Business College. Rider’s annual tuition and fees are $43,515 for the 2025-26 academic year, not including room and board. Layoffs in 2025 layoffs will reduce the total number of full-time faculty members by 25%. Salaries for all employees will be reduced by 14% and the university will suspend retirement contributions ider also will end faculty tuition remission — a benefit common in higher education in which tuition is waived or reduced for employees and their spouses or dependents — starting with the 2026-27 academic year,