Admissions & selectivity
Adelphi University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Adelphi University?
Adelphi University’s reported acceptance rate is 65.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 65.9%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
At 65.9%, Adelphi University has an admission outcome below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). That rate is the share of applicants admitted for the reported entering class, rather than a forecast for an individual applicant.
Applicants should use this rate alongside schools with a range of admission rates when building a college list. It offers context for the institution's recent applicant pool without determining any one applicant's result.
What SAT and ACT scores do Adelphi University students report?
The academic profile at Adelphi University is based on scores submitted by enrolled students, offering a reference point rather than an admissions cutoff. Applicants assessing academic fit can use the university's SAT reference range of 1,120 to 1,340, which marks the middle half of scores from enrolled submitters.
Those submitting the ACT can compare their result with the school's 24 to 30 range, also representing the middle half of enrolled students who submitted that test. Because these are profiles of students who enrolled and chose to submit scores, neither range is a minimum requirement or a prediction of an individual admission decision.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Adelphi University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1120
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1340
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 30
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Adelphi University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 16.8%
- First-year retention
- 82.9%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Adelphi University enrolls 5,276 undergraduates, and 31.0% receive Pell Grants. That financial-access measure, alongside an estimated 16.8% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group, describes an undergraduate population that includes both grant recipients and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere.
Pell eligibility and transfer status are distinct entry points, but both are visible in the campus composition. Applicants who are Pell-eligible or plan to transfer should use the cost calculator and review the materials for their entry route before applying.
The enrollment pattern gives Pell-eligible and transfer applicants a concrete picture of who attends, rather than indicating how any individual application will be decided.
Adelphi University’s persistence and completion figures sit close to, but below, the peer medians for comparable institutions. Its first-year retention rate is 82.9%, below the peer median of 83.4%.
For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 67.2%, below the peer median of 68.8%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 67.7%, above the overall rate by 0.5 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect most members of the first-year cohort to return, with completion outcomes near those at comparable institutions. The return picture is mixed: the overall rates trail peer medians, while Pell completion is slightly higher than the overall completion rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.