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Adelphi University

Garden City,  New York
College Board code: 2003

Main Address

One South Avenue, PO Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
(516) 877-3000
www.adelphi.edu

Admission Office

One South Avenue, Levermore 110
PO Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
(516) 877-3050
(800) 233-5744
Fax: (516) 877-3039
admissions@adelphi.edu
Contact: Christine Murphy
Director of Admissions

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What the School Says...

5,137 undergraduate students; 36 states and 47 countries represented by Adelphi students; 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio; 50 plus programs of study; 22 average class size; 1611 average SAT (combined critical reading, writing, and math); 3.3 average high school GPA; 21 Division I and II sports; 88 percentage of Adelphi undergraduates who receive financial aid**; 93 percentage of full-time freshman who received some form of financial aid; $24,350 tuition and fees*; $7,200 typical double room*; $2,200 basic meal plan*


*2008-2009 rates listed. Subject to change.
**The average financial aid package award per full-time student is approximately $14,900.

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Type of School

  • Private
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 70%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • College Board member
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Associate
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
  • Doctoral (Professional Practice)
    Other characteristics: Program for students with learning disabilities.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
  • Commuter campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 4,954
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,005
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 4,923
  • Graduate enrollment: 2,997

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 89% In-state students
  • 11% Out-of-state students
  • 2% Part-time students
  • 70% Women
  • 30% Men
  • <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 8% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 10% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 9% Hispanic
  • 58% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 2% Non-Resident Alien
  • 14% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 24% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 60% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 87% in top half of graduating class
  • 24% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 15% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 15% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 19% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
  • 3% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
  • 1% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
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