Adelphi University Outcomes: $83K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Adelphi University graduates earn?

The reported median is $83,002 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $14,752 per year.

Adelphi University has return results that rank near the top of nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth places its return in the 93rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $16,364 more than expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations result, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 93rd percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,430. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $11,934.

The median earnings figure is $83,002 four years after completion, placing it in the 91st percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; Adelphi stands $14,752 above it. Above-expected earnings and an above-peer median point in the same direction.

The income range at Adelphi University depends substantially on field. Earnings scenarios from the program mix run from a downside of $51,256 to an upside of $112,945, rather than describing observed groups.

Four years after completion, Accounting completers have median earnings of $100,895, Finance completers reach $97,175, and Mathematics completers reach $86,028. These fields show that a schoolwide median cannot describe every earnings path.

Graduate study is part of the context for reading the earnings snapshot: an estimated 31.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so the figure does not include those continuing their education.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $83,002
Rank for difference from expectations: 93rd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Adelphi University reported median: $83,002
Peer schools comparable schools · $14,752 below Adelphi University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $16,364 below Adelphi University: $66,638

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $51,256
Median · reported: $83,002
Higher estimate: $112,945

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Adelphi University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Adelphi University graduates’ reported earnings are $16,364 above that expectation, the 93rd percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Adelphi University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Adelphi University report the highest earnings?

Adelphi University shows a wide earnings range across its larger fields, led by Nursing at $112,945 four years after completion. The program awarded 430 degrees, and Azimuth ranks it #27 nationally within its field.

More moderate figures appear in Business Administration and Management, with $69,087 and 45 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it at #208 nationally within its field. Kinesiology and Physical Education records $66,003 on 63 degrees and ranks #35 nationally within its field.

Psychology has $61,393, 94 degrees awarded, and an Azimuth rank of #46 nationally within its field. The contrast between the higher- and moderate-earning fields is clear.

At Adelphi University, the best-ranked field is Social Work. Azimuth identifies 14 ranked bachelor’s fields.

Azimuth ranks Social Work #6 nationally in its field; 43 degrees were awarded, and median earnings were $66,162 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks Subject-Area Teacher Education #8 nationally in its field, with 26 degrees awarded and median earnings of $70,416 four years after completion.

Biology holds an Azimuth national field rank of #25, awarded 89 degrees, and had median earnings of $75,921. Azimuth ranks Nursing #27 nationally in its field; 430 degrees were awarded, with median earnings of $112,945 four years after completion.

Further analysis

Field choice shapes the modeled earnings range at Adelphi University. Scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $51,256, the typical outcome at $83,002, and the upside at $112,945.

Nursing reaches $112,945 four years after completion, whereas Psychology, the lowest-earning large program, is at $61,393; the spread shows how much earnings vary by field.

Adelphi University has strong early-career earnings for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Their median earnings four years after completion are $83,002.

Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are also favorable.

Graduates earn about $16,364 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix range from $51,256 in the downside to $112,945 in the upside; the typical scenario aligns with the reported median.

The earnings cohort includes 1,614 completers. Separately, an estimated 31.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The high earnings percentile and above-expected result point in the same direction.

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.