Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, 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 (which has two divisions: the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Westminster Choir College, the latter which is located in the nearby borough of Princeton). 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. Rider University is considered selective. It was ranked in the 2010 US News & World Report America's Best Colleges guide at number 36 in the Northern master's institutions category. Rider University is also listed in the Princeton Review The Best 373 Colleges 2011 edition, where it is also ranked #19 on the Least Happy Students list. There are 5,982 undergraduate and graduate students attending. At the conclusion of the Civil War, Henry B. Bryant and Henry D.