News at Adelphi

The unprecedented jump is part of Adelphi’s consistent rise in the U.S. News rankings of America’s best undergraduate nursing programs.

Adelphi University has once again been recognized among the nation’s top institutions in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Colleges rankings, with the undergraduate nursing program making one of the most significant gains in recent years.

Adelphi University’s innovative Bhisé Global Learning Experience has been recognized with the highly coveted 2025 Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education by the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA).

For the third consecutive year, Adelphi University has been recognized as the highest-ranked private university on Long Island on Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Colleges list.

Adelphi University has been named one of 251 colleges and universities on Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s 2025 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways it has created to support transfer students. Adelphi is one of only four schools on Long Island to be recognized.

Adelphi’s eighth consecutive winner of an Inspiring Programs in STEM Award provides scholarships, mentoring, internships and career preparation for high-achieving, low-income students from local schools majoring in STEM fields.

Staff and writers of Adelphi University’s student newspaper, The Delphian, have been recognized with three awards by the Press Club of Long Island (PCLI), the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Liza N. Burby, Adelphi senior adjunct professor and Delphian faculty adviser, was also recognized as a reporter of the year. They were…

With dynamic curriculum, personalized learning and powerful career outcomes, Adelphi University’s graduate business programs have once again captured national attention.

Adelphi University’s Interdisciplinary Education and Training Experience (IDEATE) Fellowship has been awarded a $2.3 million grant renewal by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Shota Mikautadze, a rising senior who came to Adelphi from the Republic of Georgia, is this year’s recipient of a Newman Civic Fellowship. Awarded by Campus Compact, the fellowship is an annual honor and yearlong program for select student leaders from across the country who are committed to making positive change.

Dominic Fareri, PhD, to lead collaborative study on how understanding personality traits impacts the navigation of social situations.

Adelphi University sophomore swimmer Ryan Kakimseit has become more than a standout in the pool. In just two seasons, he has emerged as the face of a rising program, a two-time NE10 Swimmer of the Year, and a humble leader whose medals rest not on his shelf—but inside the University’s trophy case.

In the recently released 2025 U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs, Adelphi University saw significant improvements in several key program areas, including nursing, psychology and public health.

The Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business is proud to announce its inclusion in the prestigious 2025 Poets&Quants Best Undergraduate Business Schools rankings.

The Adelphi University Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences Online Master’s in Education Programs have landed on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs for 2025.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, has received a $388,026 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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This is the third of three major awards the dean of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology has received in the past three years. 

Colleges of Distinction has recognized Adelphi for its extraordinary support of international students.

With a new emphasis on student outcomes in its 2025 list of America's Best Colleges, The Wall Street Journal now ranks Adelphi as the top university on Long Island. Numerous initiatives promoting career readiness have propelled Adelphi's rise.

Strong support for successful programs and an openness to voices from the campus community helped Adelphi become one of just 10 universities out of approximately 200 in New York state to earn a 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity.

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program has been awarded a significant five-year grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a groundbreaking program aimed at providing support and enhancing the quality of life for young women diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients and their families. 

For the second year in a row, Adelphi University has been hailed as a U.S. university that fosters a culture of environmental responsibility in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition.

For the second year, Adelphi University has been recognized among the world’s most prestigious universities in the newly released Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025. Adelphi has maintained its national ranking of 168 and ranks in the 1501+ category worldwide. 

For the seventh consecutive year, INSIGHT Into Academia magazine has recognized Adelphi University with its annual Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award.

The National League for Nursing (NLN) has recertified the Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health as a Center of Excellence for advancing the science of nursing education.

Adelphi University continues to outrank other Long Island private universities on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 National Universities rankings.

Adelphi University is once again the top-ranked private university on Long Island according to Forbes.

Adelphi University is once again the top-ranked university on Long Island on the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. list.