Rider University is a private university with about 4,000 FTE. Rider is a suburban campus located between two urban centers, New York and Philadelphia. Rider University Libraries has six librarians that support the core curriculum of business, humanities, sciences, social sciences and education; and three librarians who support the music curriculum of Westminster Choir College as well as courses and programs for the School of Fine and Performing Arts in Lawrenceville. Rider University has the Carnegie Classification of Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs, Four-year, medium, highly residential.