Hofstra University
Private College in Hempstead, NY. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $69,039.
Ten-year median earnings of $69,039 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,621, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.0% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 68% puts Hofstra University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 25,021 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. A 10% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 25% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 620–700 | 438 (25%) |
| SAT Math | 610–700 | |
| ACT Composite | 28–32 | 65 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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69% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,155 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $35,792 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $28,219 while those at $110k+ pay $37,348. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $32,154, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,590 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $28,219 |
| $30–48k | $31,387 |
| $48–75k | $33,450 |
| $75–110k | $36,769 |
| $110k+ | $37,348 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,760 of these 6,155 students, totalling $17,394,016 — an average of $6,302 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nassau County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)