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Enrollment Statistics—Fall 2009

Undergraduate Full-time Part-time Total FTE
Arts and Sciences 1,898 83 1,981 1,887.1
General Studies 104 0 104 91.0
Business 533 21 554 542.7
Education 370 17 387 370.2
IAPS 382 15 397 382.1
Nursing 715 300 1,015 821.3
Social Work 124 23 147 130.3
University College 174 195 369 239.2
Total: 4,300 654 4,954 4,463.9

Graduate
Arts and Sciences 28 76 104 71.6
Business 81 213 294 190.4
Education 469 804 1,273 933.6
IAPS 186 128 314 269.8
Nursing 0 137 137 60.3
Social Work 217 655 872 685.5
University College 0 3 3 1.3
Total: 981 2,016 2,997 2,212.5

Total University: 5,281 2,670 7,951 6,676.4
*Undergraduate numbers are as of 21st day;
graduate numbers are as of end of term

Undergraduate Special Programs*
Honors College 278 1 279 280.0
Learning Disabled 130 4 134 123.3
*Also included in undergraduate totals above

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Student Demographics—Fall 2009

New Freshmen Undergraduate Graduate
Percent from out of state 10.9% 7.7% 2.9%
Percent international students 3.0% 2.9% 4.4%
Percent in residence halls 43.3% 23.4% 0.1%

Age Undergraduate Graduate Total
Under 20 40.2% 0% 25.1%
20 to 24 42.6% 33.5% 39.2%
25 to 29 4.9% 26.0% 12.9%
30 to 39 6.0% 19.8% 11.2%
40 or above 6.2% 20.6% 11.6%

Sex
Men 29.4% 21.2% 26.3%
Women 70.6% 78.8% 73.7%

Race / Ethnicity
Asian 8.0% 4.0% 6.4%
Black 14.3% 19.3% 16.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
Hispanic 9.2% 9.2% 9.2%
White 68.2% 67.4% 67.9%
* Percentages are based on U.S. Residents with known race/ethnicity.
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Full-time Undergraduates—Fall 2009

Sex
Men 30.4%
Women 69.6%

Race / Ethnicity
Asian 6.1%
Black 10.3%
American Indian 0.3%
Hispanic 7.5%
White 56.7%
Non-residents 3.2%
Unknown 15.9%
   
Pell Recipients  
% receiving Pell 22.4%

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Admissions Statistics—Fall 2009

First-time Freshmen*
Number of applicants 7,359
Percent accepted 69.6%
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 19.6%
Mean SAT critical reading (verbal) 536
Mean SAT math 549
Mean SAT writing 547
Combined SAT (all 3 sections) 1,632
Mean High School GPA 3.4
Percent top tenth of high school class 24%
* SAT Scores reported for regularly admitted freshmen

Undergraduate Transfers
Number of applicants 2,219
Percent accepted 42.1%
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 54.7%
Mean previous college GPA 3.0

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Instruction—Fall 2009

Student Faculty Ratio
Undergraduate 10.3
Graduate 10.3
Total: 10.3
 
Average Class Size
Undergraduate 21.1
Graduate 14.7

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Faculty—Fall 2009

Full-time (including library) 324
Part-time 585
Part-time FTEs 317.2
Percent FT Faculty w/terminal degree 86.7%
Percent FT Faculty w/tenure 50.2%
Percent of Women 56.6%
Percent of Minority 21.0%

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Degrees Awarded—2008-2009 (Summer, Fall, Spring)

A.A. 8
B.A. 418
B.B.A. 110
B.F.A. 63
B.S. 634
B.S.W. 48
M.A 502
M.B.A. 76
M.F.A. 8
M.S. 245
M.S.W. 303
Advanced Certificate 69
D.S.W. 2
Ph.D. 17
Postdoctoral 4
Total Degrees Awarded:  2,507

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Post-Graduate Experience*
Education after graduating from Adelphi  
   
Baccalaureate  
Undergraduates who continue to pursue a degree education one year after graduation 44%
- in Business 11%
- in Law 2%
- in Medicine 7%
- in Doctoral Programs 3%
   
Employment after graduating from Adelphi  
   
Baccalaureate  
Employed within one year of graduation 75%
Found a job within two months of graduation 79%
Found a job before graduation 60%
Hold jobs related to their major area of study 75%
   
Master's  
Employed within one year of graduation 90%
Found a job within two months of graduation 79%
Found a job before graduation 54%
Hold jobs related to their major area of study 95%
   
*Based on a survey of the 2007-2008 graduates  

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Retention and Graduation Rates *
2002 six-year graduation rate 63.5%
2007 one-year retention rate 78.5%
   
By Race / Ethnicity  
2002 six-year graduation rate Asian 67.6%
  Black 50.0%
  Hispanic 46.6%
  White 69.3%
  Non-residents 76.9%
     
By Gender    
2002 six-year graduation rate Men 56.2%
  Women 66.7%
     
By Pell and Federal Subsidized Loans    
2002 six-year graduation rate Pell 55.7%
  Federal Subsidized Loans,
 no Pell
66.5%
  No Pell or Subsidized Loans 66.1%
     
* First-time full-time freshmen
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Annual Tuition and Financial Awards—Fall 2009

Tuition & Fees
Undergraduate First-time full-time $26,230
  Continuing full-time $25,300
Part-time per credit $780
Room and board $10,500

Graduate Full-time $26,710 - $33,3370
Part-time per credit $805 – $975

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Financial Aid—Fall 2009

Full-time New Freshmen
Percent receiving institutional award 75%
Percent receiving any financial aid 90%

Full-time Undergraduate Transfers
Percent receiving institutional award 73%
Percent receiving any financial aid 86%

Full-time Undergraduates
Percent receiving institutional award 74%
Percent receiving any financial aid 88%
Percent of financial aid applicants receiving aid 98%
Average grant total $11,380
Average federal work study $640
Average loans $5,830
Average aid package $17,850

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