Adelphi Rises, Outperforms Competitors in Wall Street Journal's "America's Best Colleges" Rankings
Garden City, NY (09/05/2024) — 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. The University ranks 112 out of 500 institutions (top 22%) on the WSJ's list, improving 30 spots from 142 out of 400 (top 36%) on the 2024 list. Adelphi's standing among regional peers is strong, with St. John's University (190) and Fordham University (194) as the University's closest competitors.
Adelphi is ranked the seventh-best university in New York State. Other competitors fell much further behind, including City College (225), Queens College (239), Brooklyn College (243), Pace (257), Stony Brook (265), New York University (273), New York Institute of Technology310), Hofstra (352) and Hunter College (391).
In ranking the top 500 universities in the country, the WSJ/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. relies heavily on student outcomes (70%), measured by salary impact (33%), year-to-pay-off net price (17%), and graduation rate impact (17%). The other 30% is measured by the learning environment (20%) and diversity (10%).
"This ranking reaffirms the impact of our Momentum and Momentum 2 strategic plans and Adelphi's rising reputation in higher education," said Christine Riordan, president of Adelphi University. "Climbing higher up this list is a testament to our graduates earning salaries nearly 30 percent higher than the national average, our improved affordability and value through increased scholarship funding, and our support services that ensure student success."
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About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university in the United States with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, US, is a highly awarded, internationally ranked and powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives. It is recognized for small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in its 'Core Four' academic areas: the Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.
Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.
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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. Photo credit: Ana Rodriguez