Hofstra at a Glance - About - Hofstra University

Campus Information

Founded in 1935
Located in Hempstead, Long Island, 25 miles east of NYC
President: Stuart Rabinowitz, JD
Provost: Dr. Herman Berliner
Private, nonsectarian, coeducational
115 buildings on 240 acres
22 academic and 24 total accreditations
Member of Phi Beta Kappa
100% program accessibility for persons with disabilities

Academic Programs & Degrees

Colleges & Schools

Academic Calendar:
Semester schedule with an optional January session and three optional Summer sessions (between May and August).

Degrees:

6 undergraduate degrees; 140 program options
15 graduate degrees; 150 program options
2 first professional degree
(J.D. and M.D.)
11 joint degrees: BA/JD, BA/MD, BA/MA, BA/MBA, BA/MS, BBA/MBA, BBA/MS, BS/MBA, BS/MS, MBA/JD, MA/JD

2010-11 Degrees Conferred

Bachelor's	1,855
Postbachelor's Certificate	33
Master's	1,029
Post-master's Certificate	114
Doctoral - Research/Scholarship	42
Doctoral - Professional Practice	311

Degrees by:

Female	58%
Minority	23%

Almost 121,000 alumni

Staff Characteristics

for Fall 2011

Faculty:

Full-Time	525
Part-Time	589
Full-time (FTE)	73%
Female	44%
Minority	17%
Tenured	72%
Highest Degree	92%

Other Staff:

Full-Time	1269
Part-Time	120
Full-time (%)	92%
Female	54%
Minority	24%

Student Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1

Average undergraduate class size: 21

Student Characteristics

Total Fall 2011 Enrollment: 11,453
7,191 Undergraduate
3,117 Graduate
1,102 Law
43 Medicine

Fall 2011 Entering Freshman
- 25% were in top 10% of High School Class
- 56% were in top 25% of High School Class

Student Characteristics for Fall 2011

	UG	Graduate & Law	Medical
Female	53%	60%	51%
Non-White	30%	34%	37%
International	2%	13%	0%
NY residents	63%	77%	72%
LI residents	45%	59%	51%
Full-time	92%	67%	100%
# of States	47	42	9
# of Countries	50	39	0

Test Scores

	SAT	ACT
% Reporting	72%	25%
Average	1171	25
25 Percentile	1080	23
75 Percentile	1250	27

Retention & Graduation Rates

First-time, Full-time, Freshman:	All	Gender
		Male	Female
1-Year Retention	80%	80%	80%
4-Year Grad Rate	43%	35%	50%
5-Year Grad Rate	56%	50%	60%
6-Year Grad Rate	58%	53%	62%

Undergraduate Degree Recipients
- 40% plan to pursue further study within one year
- 60% plan to pursue further study within five years
- 86% found employment within one year

Campus Life

37 residence halls housing about 3,900 students, 20 eateries, 6 theaters, and about 200 student clubs of which there are about 20 local/national fraternities & sororities
More than 500 cultural events per year
The Hofstra University Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. The Museum coordinates 6-8 exhibitions annually, and also offers an extensive collection of outdoor sculpture, with approximately 75 works of art.
The Hofstra libraries contain 1.2 million print volumes and provide 24/7 online access to more than 49,000 full-text journals and 47,000 electronic books.
17 varsity sports
- 8 for men: baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and wrestling
- 9 for women: basketball, cross-country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball
- All sports compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Colonial Athletic Association

Financial Aid

Aid awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

Total Scholarship and Grants $64,604,589
Total Loans $49,350,858
Total Work-Study $3,390,159
Total Student Employment $4,821,764
Total Parent Loans $34,932,516
Total Tuition Waivers $7,044,724

	First-time Full-time Freshman	Undergraduate
		FT	PT
% receiving aid	99%	99%	91%
Average award	$23,013	$20,027	$8,060

Total Freshman Student Cost 2011-12
Tuition	$33,100.00
Tuition & Fees	$34,150.00
Tuition, Fees, Room & Board	$46,090.00
Total Undergraduate Student Cost 2011-12
Tuition	$32,500.00
Tuition & Fees	$33,550.00
Tuition, Fees, Room & Board	$45,490.00

% of First-time Full-time Freshman Receiving Aid by Type:

Federal Grant	21%
State/Local Grant	26%
Institutional Grants	82%
Student Loans	64%

National Recognition

Hofstra continues to be recognized by US News, Princeton Review, Fiske, Washington Monthly, and Forbes on each of their Best College lists. The University is ranked in Tier One in U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges and Princeton Review has also recognized Hofstra in their "Guide to Green Colleges", which profiles colleges and universities committed to sustainability, inside and outside the classroom.

The School of Education, Health and Human Services, the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, and Hofstra's School of Law were again ranked as Best Graduate Schools in U.S. News and World Report. The Frank G. Zarb School of Business is also ranked among the top 75 M.B.A. programs by Forbes magazine, a top 5 Largest New York MBA programs by Crain's New York, and Hofstra's undergraduate business program is ranked as a best business school by US News and World Reports. Additionally, Hofstra's part-time MBA program is nationally ranked by Business Week. The undergraduate engineering program is also ranked in U.S. News and World Report rankings of non-doctoral engineering programs.