Meet Adelphi

Adelphi is a modern metropolitan university with a uniquely personalized approach to learning. We’re dedicated to transforming students’ lives through world-class academics, a focus on student success, and a warm and inclusive community.

An education with lifelong benefits

See why an Adelphi education is worth the investment— and why students and families choose Adelphi.

Top Awards & Rankings

Leadership at Adelphi

Christine M. Riordan, PhD, is the first woman to serve as president of Adelphi University in New York. She is an internationally recognized expert in leadership development, team building, and diversity and inclusion, and is recognized for her groundbreaking initiatives to personalize and transform the higher education experience.

Learn more about Dr. Christine Riordan

A Nationally Recognized Institution

Adelphi University is no longer New York’s best-kept secret. We’re a strongly ranked, powerfully connected research university offering 120+ exceptional undergraduate and graduate programs through eight schools and colleges.

Founded in 1896, we were the first private, coeducational university on Long Island. Today, our main campus in Garden City and our dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley, Suffolk County, and online are home away from home to a diverse population of nearly 8,000 students from 44 states and 64 countries.

You can learn more about us, our history and how our students succeed throughout the Meet Adelphi section. Here are a few places to get you started:

Adelphi at a Glance

Awards and Fast Facts

Outcomes

Mission and Vision

Our Locations

Gabi Vidad ’21 Physics major, Honors College, whose thesis on coral reef mapping won several awards

Around Adelphi

Scenery. History. Community. Take a look around our picturesque main campus and our other locations around the state of New York. Launch Gallery

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Around Adelphi

Scenery. History. Community. Take a look around our picturesque main campus and our other locations around the state of New York. 8 Photos

Nexus Building
Panther Statue, Garden City Campus
Ruth S. Harley University Center
Jones Beach Long Island
Hudson Valley Center
Hudson Valley New York
Garden City New York
New York City

Focused on Outcomes

99% of our full-time undergraduate students receive financial aid * based on Fall 2024 data Explore Aid Options

U.S. News & World Report: Social Mobility

We are a Best College for Social Mobility because we transform lives—at every income level. Awards & Rankings

Colleges of Distinction: Career Development

Adelphi University has been recognized as a Career Development college for the exceptional way in which our institution is equipping students with the skills to succeed in their lifelong career journey. Expert Career Guidance

12:1 *

student to faculty ratio means our professors can adopt a personalized approach to learning * based on Fall 2024 data Enrollment Data

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states represented from across the country (plus Washington D.C. and United States territories) * based on Fall 2024 data Enrollment Data

70 *

countries represented by our international students who come to Adelphi from around the world * based on Fall 2024 data Enrollment Data

92% *

of our baccalaureate graduates say that Adelphi University increased their intellectual curiosity, ability and potential * based on Adelphi University Career Outcomes Survey: Class of 2022 Outcomes Report

94% *

of our baccalaureate graduates who received job offers had them either before graduation or three months after graduation * based on Adelphi University Career Outcomes Survey: Class of 2022 Outcomes Report