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Climbing the Ranks
U.S. News & World Report, one of the leading sources for reviewing and grading colleges across the country, released its highly anticipated 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. Adelphi University is now ranked 146, up seven points from last year’s position of 153. It’s a ranking we share with the University of Texas-Dallas, the University at Albany (State University of New York), St. John Fisher College, San Diego State University and Ohio University.
Adelphi has also landed in the publication’s top 100 Best Schools for Veterans, ranking 98th and tying with the University at Albany and St. John Fisher College.
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students’ lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi is one of just four companies and the only university on Long Island to be named among America’s Best Employers by State for 2023 by Forbes.
A surge in 2024 rankings by U.S. News & World Report—up 19 spots as a Best College, up 85 spots for Social Mobility and up 35 spots as a Best Value College—supports Adelphi’s rising reputation. Adelphi serves more than 7,400 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.
For further information, please contact:
Todd Wilson
Strategic Communications Director
p – 516.237.8634
e – twilson@adelphi.edu
