Rider University was founded in 1865 as Trenton Business College in 바카라사이트 city of Trenton, New Jersey, USA. Andrew Rider was named 바카라사이트 college’s first president and it was named after him 바카라사이트 year before he stepped down in 1898. Women began attending in 1896 and 바카라사이트 college continued to grow. In 1922 바카라사이트 college won accreditation to grant bachelor’s degrees in accounting and commercial science. The college began to broaden its curriculum beyond business, opening its liberal arts program in 1957. The college continued to grow and in 1959 facilities were moved to a new 208-acre suburban campus in Lawrence Township. As well as moving to a new campus 바카라사이트 college also began a process of dividing its academic program into distinct schools and 바카라사이트 process was complete in 바카라사이트 early 1960s. Rider incorporated Westminster Choir College in 1991 and changed its name to Rider University in 1994.
Today Rider University has upwards of 5,000 students studying a wide range of postgraduate and undergraduate qualifications across five academic schools over two campuses. The student body is diverse, with people from 77 different countries choosing to study at Rider. The university offers over 60 majors across its five schools: 바카라사이트 College of Arts and Sciences, 바카라사이트 College of Business Administration, 바카라사이트 Department of Graduate Education and 바카라사이트 Department of Journalism and Communications.
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