Adelphi University

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.

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:

Awards, Rankings & Fast Facts

With roots that stretch back to the 1860s, Adelphi University has been transforming lives with our unique approach to learning for more than 150 years.

Throughout the decades, we’ve welcomed students from around the globe, expanded our academic offerings and geographic reach, and celebrated significant milestones in diversity, rankings, and successful outcomes.

Today, we’re thriving and making a life-changing impact on students, the community and world.

• Ranked a U.S. News & World Report Best College

• Highly Ranked Programs

• Adelphi Named to Phi Theta Kappa’s 2022 Transfer Honor Roll

• Fiske Guide to Colleges

• No. 1 for Career Guidance

• Highest Honors for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Adelphi’s Perfect 5-Star Campus Pride Index Rating

• Award-Winning Mentoring and Career Guidance Provide an Upward Path

• 125-Year History, Top Leadership, Stable Future

Value and ROI An Adelphi education offers an incredible return on investment.

• Money’s Best College for Your Money: No. 292 on a list of the 744 best four-year colleges in the United States for education quality, affordability and earnings
• Niche.com: Top 25 percent of its Best Value Colleges in America rankings
• Georgetown University reported, in its ranking of 4,500 schools, that an investment in Adelphi yields a 14 percent higher earnings than the average of all private or public higher education institutions in New York.

Diversity and Inclusion Adelphi University is known as a welcoming, inclusive community, and we have been nationally recognized for our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Recent honors include:

• HEED Award: 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (INSIGHT Into Diversity)
• College Choice: 50 Best Disability-Friendly Colleges and Universities
• 2020 Institution of Excellence Awards (National Association of Diversity Officers)
• Gold Medallion Status: LGBT SportSafe
• 5 out of 5 stars in the Campus Pride Index (Garden City campus)
• Best Colleges for Veterans (U.S. News & World Report)
• Military Friendly School designation—just 8 percent of schools nationwide named to the prestigious list in 2019–2020
• Best Colleges for Students with Autism—No. 10 in the nation (Great Value Colleges)
• Women’s Choice Award: Top Colleges for Women

Mission Statement

Our University transforms the lives of all students by creating a distinctive environment of intellectual rigor, research, creativity and deep community engagement across four core areas of focus:  arts and humanities, STEM and social sciences, the professions, and health and wellness.

Vision

We will become a nationally respected leader—a standard bearer—for redefining the practical and personal value of education for students, helping them define their success in the classroom, on campus, in careers and communities, and beyond.

Values

We are guided by six core values that exemplify the type of community we seek to create:

• Academic excellence
• Community and collaboration
• Creativity and Innovation
• Global awareness and diversity
• Respect for the individual
• Truth and integrity