Rider's Campus Connection Grant for first-year and transfer applicants offers added financial support for campus housing to help you engage fully in Rider’s social and academic opportunities.
Available to students admitted for spring 2025 and fall 2025.
First-year applicants
Must attend a high school in the following counties or states:
- NJ Counties - Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Warren, Union
- PA Counties - Bucks, Chester, Delaware
- NY Counties - Nassau, Suffolk, Richmond (Staten Island)
- States - California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands
Award Information
- $3,000 per year towards housing ($1,500 per fall and spring semester)
- Renewable for four consecutive years of undergraduate study — for a combined value of $12,000!
- The award is in addition to any Rider scholarships for which you qualify. (Does not apply to the Athletic Scholarship, Tuition Exchange, Tuition Remission, Voice Full Tuition Scholarship, Organ Full Tuition Scholarship and Capital Health Scholarship)
Questions? Contact our Admission counselors.
Transfer applicants
Must attend a community college in the following areas:
- All NJ community colleges
- Bucks County Community College (PA)
- States – Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C.
Award Information
- $3,000 per year towards housing ($1,500 per fall and spring semester)
- Renewable for three consecutive years of undergraduate study — for a total value of $9,000!
- Award is in addition to any Rider scholarships for which you qualify. (Does not apply to the full-tuition Transfer Trustee Scholarship, Athletic Scholarship,Tuition Exchange, Tuition Remission, Voice Full Tuition Scholarship, Organ Full Tuition Scholarship and Capital Health Scholarship).
- Students transferring from four-year Universities are not eligible for the Campus Connection Grant.
Questions? Contact Jen Cook at 609-896-5042 or [email protected].