Facts About Adelphi

View Adelphi’s enrollment statistics and demographics as of Fall 2024.

Enrollment

7,603* * 2024-2025 academic year
total students enrolled at Adelphi University
2024-2025 academic year

Undergraduate Enrollment

Academic Area Full-time Part-time All Students
College of Arts and Sciences 1,793 90 1,883
College of Professional and Continuing Studies 77 28 105
Derner School of Psychology 526 14 540
Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences 649 9 658
College of Nursing and Public Health 1,400 32 1,432
School of Social Work 72 4 76
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business 624 7 631
Total Undergraduate Students 5,141 184 5,325

Graduate Enrollment

Academic Area Full-time Part-time All Students
College of Arts and Sciences 92 55 147
College of Professional and Continuing Studies 4 14 18
Derner School of Psychology 260 87 347
Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences 372 278 650
College of Nursing and Public Health 27 319 346
School of Social Work 303 189 492
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business 163 115 278
Total Graduate Students 1,221 1,057 2,278

Undergraduate Special Program Enrollment

Also included in undergraduate totals above.

Special Program Full-time Part-time All Students
Honors College 315 3 318
Levermore Global Scholars 116 2 118
Learning Resource Program 85 5 90
Bridges to Adelphi 117 8 125
Total 633 18 651

Student Demographics

Demographic New First-Year Students Undergraduate Students Graduate Students
Out of state 6% 7% 6%
U.S. Nonresidents Students 3% 5% 16%
Living in residence halls 29% 20% 1%

Age

Student Age Undergraduate Students Graduate Students All Students
Less than 20 52% 0% 36%
20 to 24 45% 40% 43%
25 to 29 2% 27% 9%
30 to 39 1% 18% 6%
40 or more 1% 15% 5%
Average age 20 30 23
Median age 20 26 21

Sex

Sex Undergraduate Students Graduate Students All Students
Men 33% 27% 32%
Women 67% 73% 68%

Ethnicity

Percentages are based on U.S. Residents with known race/ethnicity.

Ethnicity New First-Year Students Undergraduate Students Graduate Students
Asian/Pacific Islander 16% 14% 7%
Black 12% 10% 13%
American Indian or Alaska Native 1% <1% <1%
Hispanic 28% 23% 16%
White 36% 41% 42%
Two or More 3% 3% 2%
Unknown 2% 4% 5%
U.S. Nonresidents Students 3% 5% 16%

Admissions Statistics

New First-Year Students
Number of applicants 19,705
Accepted 12,985
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 10%
Mean SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 611
Mean SAT Math 615
Mean total SAT 1226
Mean high school GPA 3.7
In the top-twenty percent of high school class —
Undergraduate Transfer Students
Number of applicants 3,004
Accepted 798
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 33%
Mean previous college GPA 3.3

Faculty and Instruction

12:1* * based on Fall 2024 data
student to faculty ratio means our professors can adopt a personalized approach to learning
based on Fall 2024 data
Enrollment Data

Average Class Size

Students Average Class Size
Undergraduate 21.6
Graduate 13.4

Faculty

Categories Faculty
Full-time (including the library) 333
Part-time 671
Part-time FTEs 224
Full-time faculty with a terminal degree 85%
Full-time faculty with tenure 62%
Full-time women 52%
Full-time non-white 32%

Degrees Awarded

Awarded between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Degree Type Awarded
AA 26
BA 254
BBA 77
BFA 51
BS 678
BSW 35
MA 329
MBA 60
MFA 0
MPH 14
MS 287
MSW 214
Undergraduate Certificates 5
Advanced Certificates 157
AUD 3
PhD 38
PsyD 9
DNP 4
2,241* * between July 2023 and June 2024
total degrees awarded at Adelphi University.
between July 2023 and June 2024

Retention and Graduation Rates

New First-year Full-time
2018 six-year graduation rate 67%
2023 one-year retention rate 82%

Financial Awards

Full-time New First-Year Students Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2024 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 94% 98%
Receiving any financial aid 96% 100%
Full-time Undergraduate Transfer Students Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2024 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 89% 95%
Receiving any financial aid 91% 100%
Full-time Undergraduate Students Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2024 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 90% 96%
Receiving any financial aid 93% 99%
Financial aid applicants receiving aid 98% 98%
Average grant $26,598 $31,188
Average federal work study $523 $1,092
Average loans $3,943 $3,652
Average aid package $32,085 $35,321
See in-depth federal aid recipient information from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Institutional Research and Strategic Analytics

Contact
E-mail
irsa@adelphi.edu
Location
Levermore Hall, 206A
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