Hofstra University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $18,518
Students with federal loans: 46.9%
Students with Pell grants: 24.3%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $44,815
After 5 years: $71,515
Majors(77 programs)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(120 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(95 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(92 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(88 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(77 graduates)
- Marketing.(72 graduates)
- Public Health.(68 graduates)
- Journalism.(62 graduates)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.(56 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(55 graduates)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.(52 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(51 graduates)
- Criminology.(47 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(47 graduates)
- Computer Science.(41 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(36 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(32 graduates)
- Mechanical Engineering.(32 graduates)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.(30 graduates)
- History.(29 graduates)
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.(26 graduates)
- Biology, General.(25 graduates)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.(25 graduates)
- International/Global Studies.(24 graduates)
- Engineering Science.(23 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(22 graduates)
- Sociology.(22 graduates)
- Mathematics.(18 graduates)
- Music.(18 graduates)
- Business/Managerial Economics.(18 graduates)
- Sustainability Studies.(14 graduates)
- Geography and Cartography.(13 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(13 graduates)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.(12 graduates)
- Anthropology.(12 graduates)
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.(11 graduates)
- Economics.(11 graduates)
- Philosophy.(10 graduates)
- Dance.(10 graduates)
- International Business.(10 graduates)
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.(9 graduates)
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.(9 graduates)
- Industrial Engineering.(8 graduates)
- Public Policy Analysis.(8 graduates)
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.(7 graduates)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering.(7 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(7 graduates)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences.(7 graduates)
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.(7 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(6 graduates)
- Natural Sciences.(5 graduates)
- Area Studies.(4 graduates)
- Physics.(4 graduates)
- Security Science and Technology.(4 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.(3 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(3 graduates)
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(3 graduates)
- Chemistry.(3 graduates)
- Civil Engineering.(2 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(2 graduates)
- Applied Mathematics.(2 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(2 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(1 graduates)
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(1 graduates)
- Religion/Religious Studies.(1 graduates)
- Social Sciences, General.(1 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other.
- Education, Other.
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
- Business/Commerce, General.
- Human Resources Management and Services.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,155 students
Admission Rate: 70.6%
Retention Rate: 83.1%
Graduation Rate: 67.1%
Student Demographics
White (48.2%)
Hispanic (17.1%)
Black (8.8%)
Asian (14.8%)
Two or More (5.1%)
International (3.7%)
Gender Distribution
Men (43.5%)
Women (56.5%)