Rider University
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| Motto | In Omnia Paratus (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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In all things prepared |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1865 |
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Academic affiliations
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| Endowment | $56 million |
| President | Gregory G. Dell'Omo |
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Academic staff
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248 full time |
| Students | 5,400 |
| Undergraduates | 4,400 |
| Postgraduates | 1,000 |
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Lawrenceville, New Jersey, U.S. 40°16′48″N 74°44′17″W / 40.280°N 74.738°WCoordinates: 40°16′48″N 74°44′17″W / 40.280°N 74.738°W |
| Campus | suburban, 303 acres (1.23 km2) |
| Colors | Cranberry and Grey |
| Nickname | Broncs |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division I |
| Website | www |
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Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It consists of five academic units: the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, the College of Continuing Studies, and the Westminster College of the Arts. In addition to regional accreditation, the undergraduate and graduate programs in business are accredited by AACSB, and the professional education graduate programs are accredited by NCATE. As of 2014 there are 5,400 undergraduate and graduate students attending.
The school was founded as The Trenton Business College on October 1, 1865, by Henry Beadman Bryant and Henry D. Stratton, operators of the Bryant and Stratton chain of private business schools. The school was located in Temperance Hall at the corner of South Broad and Front Streets in Trenton, New Jersey. Andrew J Rider was appointed as its first president. President Rider owned 500 acres of cranberry bogs near Hammonton, New Jersey. According to tradition, this is why the school colors are cranberry and white.
The school grew and periodically moved to larger quarters. In 1896 women were admitted. In 1897 the school was renamed The Rider Business College. President Rider stepped down the following year.
In 1921 the institution moved to East State Street in Trenton and officially became known as Rider College. In 1922 the New Jersey Board of Education granted Rider College permission to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Accounts and Bachelor of Commercial Science. In 1957 Rider Business College introduced liberal studies leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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