Awards, Rankings & Fast Facts

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.

National Recognition

Wonderful things are happening at Adelphi, and others are taking notice. We’re proud to be nationally recognized by well-respected national publications and educational organizations.

Ranked aU.S. News & World ReportBest College

For a fourth consecutive year,U.S. News & World Reportranked Adelphi a Best College among national universities. The media and rankings giant also named Adelphi:

• Best College for Veterans
• Best Value School
• Top Performer on Social Mobility

Highly Ranked Programs

U.S. News & World Reportalso released its 2023 rankings for Best Graduate Schools and Best Undergraduate Programs. The following programs have been ranked in the top 200 among 2,000 programs in the United States.

• Best Undergraduate Nursing Program
• Best Nursing Master’s Program
• Best Graduate Social Work Program
• Best Graduate School for Speech-Language Pathology (2020, the most recent ranking)

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

Phi Theta Kappa recognizes Adelphi as one of America’s most accommodating four-year universities for community college transfer students. Showcasing only 171 of the top 25% of transfer-friendly institutions nationwide, the PTK Honor Roll has recognized Adelphi for six consecutive years since 2017.

Fiske Guide to Colleges

Adelphi University is featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022. Each year, the Fiske Guide to Colleges offers profiles on more than 300 of the “best and most interesting” colleges in the country. Fully updated and expanded each year, the Fiske Guide to Colleges guide is a top resource for college-bound students and their parents.

No. 1 for Career Guidance

Adelphi University won the 2020 John L. Blackburn Exemplary Models Award from the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) for our innovativePrep for Success program. Created by ourCenter for Career and Professional Development, the program helps students with everything from the most basic job-search skills to valuable work experience through paid internships with leading organizations.

Adelphi University is one of 27 New York institutions named a2022–2023 Career Development College of Distinction. This national award recognizes Adelphi’s superior ability to create strategic career plans and equip our students with the skills necessary to succeed after they graduate.

Highest Honors for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

For the fourth consecutive year, Adelphi has received the2021 INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award—a national recognition given to the top 90 colleges and universities with an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• 2021 INSIGHT Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
• 2020 District II CASE awards for Diversity in Programming
• 2020 Institutional Excellence Award from theNational Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
• 2020 Inspiring Affinity Group Award fromInsight into Diversity
• 2020 Newman Civic Fellowship

Adelphi’s Perfect 5-Star Campus Pride Index Rating

Campus Pride Indexhonored Adelphi University in June 2022 with a perfect 5 out of 5 stars, thanks to our new support and initiatives for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Award-Winning Mentoring and Career Guidance Provide an Upward Path

U.S. News & World Reportranked Adelphi as a2021 Top Performer on Social Mobility, a distinction for schools that enroll and graduate the largest proportion of students receiving need-based Pell Grants. This award recognizes the many support programs Adelphi offers our students, which engage students more deeply in campus life and provide a pathway to a degree and career success.

Colleges of Distinction has awarded Adelphi University an Equity and Inclusion recognition for our efforts to enroll and support a diverse student body through high-impact practices that are accessible to all.

125-Year History, Top Leadership, Stable Future

Standard & Poor’s (S&P), the global leader in financial market intelligence, hasreaffirmed Adelphi University’s rating of A- with a stable outlook.

Adelphi PAC a Top 35 University Performing Arts Center

Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center has been recognized among the35 Best University Performing Arts Centers in the U.S.Clickit ticket网站将其描述为“创意的天堂”和“在美国观看充满活力的学生作品以及世界知名艺术家作品的最佳地方”之一。”

Top Honors to Adelphi’s President Christine M. Riordan, PhD

Adelphi University’s 10th president and the first woman to serve in the role.

• The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded Dr. Riordan their highest honor in 2021 for her “outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education.” The organization also cited her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic—both at Adelphi and across our region as a guiding voice in New York state’s higher education restart plan.
• Diverse:Issues In Higher Educationmagazine named her one of 25 Top Women in Higher Education Who Are Making a Difference
• Internationally recognized expert in leadership development, team building, and diversity and inclusion
• Recognized for her groundbreaking initiatives to personalize and transform the higher education experience
• Chair, board member and serves on the executive committee for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York (CICU)
• Named to the2020 Long Island Power Listfor creating a more diverse student body, launching 17 new academic programs, and sharing her expertise on the handling of COVID-19 on college campuses