1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
General Information
Type: Private institution
Year Founded: 1896
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 4,758
Geographical Setting: Suburban
Endowment: $77,090,893
Admissions
Application Fee: $35
Application Deadline: Rolling
Selectivity: Selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $20,900
Room/Board: $9,550
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service
Remedial Services Offered: reading, math, writing, study skills
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: 72%
Within 1 Year of Graduation: 77%
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: NYC Public Schools; L.I. Public Schools; Bank of New York; CBS
Citicorp; Estee Lauder; Family and Children’s Assn.; Hospital for Special Surgery; Pall Corporation; UNICEF; YAI/ National Institute for People with Disabilities; JP Morgan Chase; KPMG; 1 800
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 656,815
Number of current serial subscriptions: 34,336
Number of microforms: 804,914
Number of audiovisuals: 42,528
Number of ebooks: 0
Other library facilities: In University Archive and Special Collections:
Adelphi Authors Collection; Adelphiana (University archives); Aeronautics (Loening Collection); Americana; Banking and Money Management (Orenstein); William Blake; Chemistry and Biochemistry (Dakin Collection); William Cobbett; Cuala Press; Early Childhood Education (Kraus-Boelte Collection); Expatriate Writers (of the 1920s and 30s); Gerhart Hauptmann; William Hone; Long Island; Christopher Morley; Musical Scores; Manuscripts, and Instruments (Stoelzer); New York City; New York State; Panama Canal; Political; and Presidential Letters and Memorabilia (McMillan Collection); Rare Books; Ruth St. Denis; Spanish Civil war; Stone House Press; Walt Whitman; Woodruff Collection
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: ART GALLERY, SCULPTURE AND CERAMICS STUDIOS, BRONZE-CASTING FOUNDRY, THEATER, LANGUAGE LABS, OBSERVATORY
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 665
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 10
Classrooms: 86
Labs: 579
Other areas: 97
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 1,190
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 23%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 6%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 4%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 45%
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 23%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (74%), special housing for disabled students (3%), other housing options (23%)
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 8%
Doubles: 81%
Triples or Suites: 11%
Apartments: N/A
Other: N/A
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 6
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 100%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 75 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): New York City (J.F.K. Airport) (10), New York City (La Guardia Airport) (10)
Nearest train station: New York City (LIRR from Penn Station) (20)
Nearest bus station: Hempstead Line to Nassau Boulevard Station (1)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: N/A
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 16%
Average undergraduate wage: 1,676
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Hofstra University)
Navy ROTC Not offered
Air Force ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (New York Institute of Technology)
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – No
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other
Campus
Most popular events: Adelphi University is a leader in arts and cultural programming, providing a year long celebration of visual and performing arts including Special Invitation Exhibition and Performances; Endowed Lectures Series; presentations of Pulitzer Prize winning musical compositions; Award Winning Student Theatre and Dance Performances; and the U. N. Ambassadorial Lectures Series. Other activities include: Intercollegiate And Intramural Sports; annual Spring Fling Spring In/Spike [email protected]; Homecoming; Career Day; Disabilities Awareness Week; and Black History Month programs and lectures.