Programs & majors brief
Adelphi University Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at Adelphi University?
33 of 33 programs shown
Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.
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| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 430 | $112,945 | #27 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 33 | $100,895 | #43 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 27 | $97,175 | #64 |
| Mathematics | 21 | $86,028 | — |
| Marketing | 21 | $77,418 | #89 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 35 | $77,155 | #180 |
| Biology, General | 89 | $75,921 | #25 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 26 | $70,416 | #8 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 45 | $69,087 | #208 |
| Social Work | 43 | $66,162 | #6 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 63 | $66,003 | #35 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 30 | $64,190 | #39 |
| Psychology, General | 94 | $61,393 | #46 |
| Information Science/Studies small degree count | 7 | $59,273 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 23 | $54,469 | #142 |
| Fine and Studio Arts small degree count | 15 | $50,759 | — |
| Social Sciences, General | 24 | $41,924 | #39 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft small degree count | 18 | $37,630 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 27 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| English Language and Literature, General | 32 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | 25 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Physics small degree count | 14 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Sociology small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Political Science and Government small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Economics small degree count | 7 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Dance small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Music small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| History small degree count | 19 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at Adelphi University?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do Adelphi University majors rank nationally?
National program rankings
- Social Work#6
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas#8
- Biology, General#25
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing#27
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness#35
- Social Sciences, General#39
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services#39
- Accounting and Related Services#43
- Psychology, General#46
- Business Administration, Management and Operations Included by program size#208
Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.
Further analysis
Outcomes at Adelphi University vary sharply by field, and Azimuth's program rankings evaluate four-year earnings among federally aided completers, median debt, and cohort size rather than reputation. Of the 18 programs with published earnings data, 14 carry an Azimuth national rank.
The degree mix is concentrated in health professions: Health Professions accounts for 37.0% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Business a distant second at 11.0% and Biological Sciences third at 9.2%. Nursing is the largest single program at 430 degrees a year, and Azimuth ranks it #27 nationally with median earnings of $112,945 four years after completion.
Subject-Area Teacher Education, a smaller program at 26 degrees a year, earns a national rank of #8 and median earnings of $70,416. The highest-earning programs sit well above the national median for their fields, but the spread between the largest program and the rest of the catalog is wide.
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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.