Garden City, NY · Private · 5,276 undergraduates · suburban
Adelphi University
Less selective
Adelphi combines a personalized Long Island campus with direct access to New York City’s internships and professional networks.
Institutional profile
Well established Strong in career outcomes, and solid in mobility.- Admission
- 77.5% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 71.8%
17,111 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$75,482 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Adelphi University apart
Academic design
Its strengths span nursing and health sciences, business, psychology, social work, education, arts and sciences, with small classes and faculty mentoring emphasized.
Campus pattern
The 75-acre Garden City campus is a registered public garden and sits about a 40-minute train ride from Midtown Manhattan.
Career & value signal
The value proposition is suburban residential calm without sacrificing routine access to New York City employers, culture and clinical placements.
Can I get in?
77.5% admitted
Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.
Recent applicant pool
17,111About 78 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
Of admitted students, 23% submitted an SAT, and 3% submitted an ACT. Treat the ACT range as a guide to the students who submitted that test, not to everyone admitted.
In the season card
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Adelphi University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Adelphi University weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Its strengths span nursing and health sciences, business, psychology, social work, education, arts and sciences, with small classes and faculty mentoring emphasized.
Make institutional fit specific
Adelphi combines a personalized Long Island campus with direct access to New York City’s internships and professional networks.
Use the application route carefully
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.
Fee waiver: accepted
Major and program admission
Some fields have their own entry path.
The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.
NursingAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.
In the season card
Average annual cost by household income at Adelphi University
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Admits separately
Psychology, General
Biology, General
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Admits separately
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
What is campus life like?
Adelphi University beyond the classroom
The 75-acre Garden City campus is a registered public garden and sits about a 40-minute train ride from Midtown Manhattan.
A defining academic feature
Its strengths span nursing and health sciences, business, psychology, social work, education, arts and sciences, with small classes and faculty mentoring emphasized.
What shapes an ordinary week
The 75-acre Garden City campus is a registered public garden and sits about a 40-minute train ride from Midtown Manhattan.
Where the degree can lead
The value proposition is suburban residential calm without sacrificing routine access to New York City employers, culture and clinical placements.