Rider University May Eliminate Westminster Choir College's Princeton Campus

Rider University is considering closing its Westminster Choir College’s Princeton campus and consolidate all students onto the Lawrenceville campus, Planet Princeton reports.

The move would be done in order to avoid a possible $13.1 million deficit by 2019.

The school is in a position where it would need to increase enrollment by 114 undergraduate students by next fall, and another 46 the year after that.

The matter is still under consideration, and any final decision is likely to be made in February.

Faculty members are concerned about the possible hit the college’s perception will take should this school close, according to the Rider News.

The university has increased its recruiting efforts among younger high school students, including sophomores and freshmen, through the use of social media, according to Rider University’s student newspaper.