Adelphi University Overview

Located in Garden City, New York, Adelphi University is a private not-for-profit institution. Adelphi is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Adelphi University Known For?

• The 4% student loan default rate at Adelphi is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Adelphi.
• In 2017-2018, 33% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Adelphi makes roughly $58,500 a year. This is 43% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Adelphi student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Adelphi University Rankings

We have ranked Adelphi as #371 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Adelphi.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#6	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Most Popular Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#50	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#68	Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#120	Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Adelphi has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#7	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#28	Best Teaching English or French Schools	College Factual
#44	Best Registered Nursing Schools	College Factual
#58	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual
#104	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#181	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Adelphi University?

Contact details for Adelphi are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	South Ave, Garden City, NY 11530-0701
Phone:	516-877-3000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/AdelphiU
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/AdelphiU

How Do I Get Into Adelphi?

You can apply to Adelphi online at: admissions.adelphi.edu/onlineapp.php

Admission Requirements for Adelphi

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Adelphi?

Adelphi has an acceptance rate of 75%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% 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 530 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 630.

Adelphi received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 27. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Adelphi University?

The overall average net price of Adelphi is $46,056. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Adelphi, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $9,392 a year. That adds up to $37,568 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Adelphi is 3.7%. 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.

Adelphi University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,124 undergraduate students at Adelphi, with 4,827 being full-time and 297 being part-time.

There are also 2,460 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,827 full-time undergraduates at Adelphi, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Adelphi University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	577
Black or African American	421
Hispanic or Latino	866
White	2,312
International Students	191
Other Races/Ethnicities	460

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Adelphi University. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Adelphi. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at Adelphi University

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 2 master’s degree programs available online at Adelphi. In 2019-2020, 7,251 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Adelphi has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 72nd most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Adelphi

The following table shows how Adelphi is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Philosophy	#19	#19
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	#31	#31
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#37	#37
Homeland Security	#37	#37

Online Growth Rankings of Adelphi

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Adelphi University was 207.4%. This is the #272 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Adelphi regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Adelphi majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	21%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	24%
Teacher Education Subject Specific	34%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Adelphi ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Adelphi.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Homeland Security	#4
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#34
Nursing	#47
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#58
Education	#100
Health Professions	#160

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Adelphi University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	436	5	48	0	489
Business Administration & Management	0	64	0	227	0	291
Social Work	0	43	2	218	3	266
General Psychology	0	102	0	27	0	129
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	34	5	85	0	124
Communication Sciences	0	29	0	84	7	120
Health & Physical Education	0	75	0	38	0	113
General Biology	0	73	0	22	0	95
Special Education	0	0	29	36	0	65
Accounting	0	44	1	15	0	60
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	28	24	52
Communication & Media Studies	0	51	0	0	0	51
General Education	0	0	0	46	0	46
Liberal Arts General Studies	42	2	0	0	0	44
Teaching English or French	0	0	22	20	0	42
General English Literature	0	37	0	0	0	37
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	0	37	0	37
Computer Information Systems	0	27	0	9	0	36
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	35	0	35
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	35	0	0	0	35
General Social Sciences	0	34	0	0	0	34
Finance & Financial Management	0	32	0	0	0	32
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	22	10	0	32
Public Health	0	0	0	30	0	30
Fine & Studio Arts	0	24	0	0	0	24
Marketing	0	23	0	0	0	23
Drama & Theater Arts	0	20	0	3	0	23
Multilingual Education	0	0	20	0	0	20
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	19	0	19
History	0	15	0	0	0	15
Mathematics	0	15	0	0	0	15
Information Science	0	14	0	0	0	14
Human Resource Management	0	0	13	0	0	13
Political Science & Government	0	13	0	0	0	13
Sociology	0	12	0	0	0	12
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	11	0	0	0	11
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	11	0	11
Biological & Physical Science	0	10	1	0	0	11
Homeland Security	0	4	4	2	0	10
Economics	0	10	0	0	0	10
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	9	0	9
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	9	0	0	9
Natural Resources Conservation	0	7	0	2	0	9
Physics	0	9	0	0	0	9
Dance	0	9	0	0	0	9
Writing Studies	0	0	0	8	0	8
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	8	0	8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	7	0	0	0	7
Romance Languages	0	7	0	0	0	7
Anthropology	0	7	0	0	0	7
Music	0	6	0	0	0	6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	5	0	0	0	5
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	5	0	0	0	5
Chemistry	0	5	0	0	0	5
Other Education	0	0	4	0	0	4
Educational Administration	0	0	3	0	0	3
Philosophy	0	3	0	0	0	3
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	1	0	1
International Studies	0	1	0	0	0	1
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	1,360	140	1,078	34	2,654

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.