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Adelphi University was awarded 96 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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College Factual ranked Adelphi as #554 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Adelphi also holds the #38 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
Adelphi University has an acceptance rate of 77%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 28% of students accepted to Adelphi submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio at Adelphi is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Adelphi University is 36%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 83% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Adelphi University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Adelphi for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,124 undergraduates at Adelphi with 4,827 being full-time and 297 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26,732 | $26,637 | $29,510 | $30,789 | $33,219 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Adelphi, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Adelphi, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $9,274 a year. That adds up to $37,096 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Adelphi is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Adelphi are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | South Ave, Garden City, NY 11530-0701 |
| Phone: | 516-877-3000 |
| Website: | www.adelphi.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/AdelphiU |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/AdelphiU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 496 | $91,066 |
| General Psychology | 99 | $22,578 |
| General Biology | 72 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 69 | $18,687 |
| Business Administration & Management | 58 | $43,551 |
| Social Work | 39 | $33,024 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 35 | $30,049 |
| Computer Information Systems | 34 | $45,266 |
| Accounting | 31 | NA |
| Marketing | 31 | $47,514 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,514 students took at least one online class at Adelphi University. This is a decrease from the 7,251 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,514 | 1,084 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,251 | 2,229 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,686 | 236 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,582 | 268 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,309 | 246 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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