LIU Post Overview
Located in Brookville, New York, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit institution. Brookville is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.
What Is LIU Post Known For?
- Students at LIU Post may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
- The highest award offered at LIU Post is the doctor's degree.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
- A student who earns a bachelor's degree from LIU Post makes roughly $49,000 a year. This is 20% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
Featured schools near , edit

LIU Post Rankings
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 LIU Post.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards LIU Post has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
---|---|---|
#1 | Best Criminal Justice and Corrections, General Master’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#3 | Best Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#72 | Best General Special Education Schools | College Factual |
#86 | Best Special Education Schools | College Factual |
#94 | Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#193 | Best Nursing Schools | Nursing Degree Search |
Where Is LIU Post?

Contact details for LIU Post are given below.
Contact Details | |
---|---|
Address: | 720 Northern Blvd, Brookville, NY 11548-1327 |
Phone: | 516-299-2900 |
Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/LIU-Brentwood/358255020949662 |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/LIURiverhead |
How Do I Get Into LIU Post?
You can apply to LIU Post online at: https://apply.liu.edu/quickapp2/
Admission Requirements for LIU Post
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 LIU Post?
Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.
Average Test Scores
About 84% of students accepted to LIU Post submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 650.
Can I Afford LIU Post?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LIU Post, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $6,800 a year. That adds up to $27,200 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at LIU Post is 6.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
LIU Post Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 4,663 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 5,453 full-time undergraduates at LIU Post, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of LIU Post students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
---|---|
Asian | 698 |
Black or African American | 706 |
Hispanic or Latino | 750 |
White | 2,243 |
International Students | 180 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 876 |
Geographic Diversity
New York students aren't the only ones who study at LIU Post. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Online Learning at LIU Post
The following chart shows how the online learning population at LIU Post has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 115th 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 LIU Post
The following table shows how LIU Post 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 |
---|---|---|
Other Library & Archives Assisting | #4 | #4 |
Online Growth Rankings of LIU Post
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at LIU Post was 154.1%. This is the #330 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at LIU Post regardless of major.
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%.
LIU Post Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
Featured Schools
![]() |
Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs. Learn More > |