View Adelphi’s enrollment statistics and demographics as of Fall 2023.

Enrollment

7,406* * 2023-2024 academic year
total students enrolled at Adelphi University
2023-2024 academic year

Undergraduate Enrollment

Academic Area Full-time Part-time All Students
College of Arts and Sciences 1,746 92 1,838
College of Professional and Continuing Studies 83 46 129
Derner School of Psychology 480 21 501
Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences 447 11 458
College of Nursing and Public Health 1,350 36 1,386
School of Social Work 81 6 87
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business 576 19 595
Office of the Provost 128 2 130
Total Undergraduate Students 4,891 233 5,124

Graduate Enrollment

Academic Area Full-time Part-time All Students
College of Arts and Sciences 69 31 100
College of Professional and Continuing Studies 1 17 18
Derner School of Psychology 262 89 351
Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences 426 311 737
College of Nursing and Public Health 41 262 303
School of Social Work 208 298 506
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business 166 101 267
Total Graduate Students 1,173 1,109 2,282

Undergraduate Special Program Enrollment

Also included in undergraduate totals above.

Special Program Full-time Part-time All Students
Honors College 310 1 311
Learning Resource Program 88 7 95
Bridges to Adelphi 124 14 138

Student Demographics

Demographic New First-Year Students Undergraduate Students Graduate Students
Out of state 8.7% 7.5% 7%
International students 4.9% 5.3% 7.6%
Living in residence halls 30.4% 20.9% 1.4%

Age

Student Age Undergraduate Students Graduate Students All Students
Less than 20 51% 0.1% 35.4%
20 to 24 44.5% 40.5% 43.2%
25 to 29 2.2% 25.3% 9.3%
30 to 39 1.3% 18.3% 6.6%
40 or more 0.9% 15.8% 5.5%
Average age 20.5 30.2 23.5
Median age 19.9 26.2 20.9

Sex

Sex Undergraduate Students Graduate Students All Students
Men 34% 26% 31%
Women 66% 74% 69%

Ethnicity

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

Ethnicity New First-Year Students Undergraduate Students Graduate Students
Asian 15% 14% 8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Black 11% 10% 16%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
Hispanic 24% 22% 17%
White 43% 47% 51%
Two or More 4% 3% 3%
Unknown 3% 5% 6%

Admissions Statistics

New First-Year Students
Number of applicants 17,135
Accepted 13,285
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 10%
Mean SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 614
Mean SAT Math 615
Mean total SAT 1236
Mean high school GPA 3.69
In the top-twenty percent of high school class
Undergraduate Transfer Students
Number of applicants 2,636
Accepted 886
Enrollment/acceptance (yield) 28%
Mean previous college GPA 3.32

Faculty and Instruction

11:1* * based on Fall 2023 data
student to faculty ratio means our professors can adopt a personalized approach to learning
based on Fall 2023 data

Average Class Size

Students Average Class Size
Undergraduate 23.6
Graduate 13.5

Faculty

Categories Faculty
Full-time (including the library) 339
Part-time 794
Part-time FTEs 265
Full-time faculty with a terminal degree 81%
Full-time faculty with tenure 62%
Full-time women 53%
Full-time non-white 32%

Degrees Awarded

Awarded between July 2022 and June 2023.

Degree Type Awarded
AA 32
BA 248
BBA 83
BFA 49
BS 854
BSW 41
MA 268
MBA 62
MFA 0
MPH 12
MS 246
MSW 236
Undergraduate Certificates 6
Advanced Certificates 161
AUD 8
PhD 32
PsyD 12
DNP 1
2,351* * between July 2022 and June 2023
total degrees awarded at Adelphi University.
between July 2022 and June 2023

Retention and Graduation Rates

New First-year Full-time
2017 six-year graduation rate 69%
2022 one-year retention rate 83%

Financial Awards

Full-time New First-Year Students Awarded to Fall 2022 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 91% 94%
Receiving any financial aid 94% 96%
Full-time Undergraduate Transfer Students Awarded to Fall 2022 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 89% 89%
Receiving any financial aid 92% 91%
Full-time Undergraduate Students Awarded to Fall 2022 Cohort Awarded to Fall 2023 Cohort
Receiving institutional award 91% 90%
Receiving any financial aid 94% 93%
Financial aid applicants receiving aid 95% 98%
Average grant $24,230 $26,598
Average federal work study $396 $523
Average loans $6,780 $3,943
Average aid package $28,280 $32,085
See in-depth federal aid recipient information from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
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