Long Island University
Private Research University in Brookville, NY. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $59,950.
Students who entered Long Island University land at a median of $59,950 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $23,577 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Long Island University takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is large — 20,564 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 8% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 24% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 560–670 | 343 (24%) |
| SAT Math | 550–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–30 | 57 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 31% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,478 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,867 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $22,019 at $0–30k versus $52,826 at $110k+. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $26,263 on average. Most students borrow — 62% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 1,112 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 | $22,019 |
| $30–48k | $20,408 |
| $48–75k | $24,516 |
| $75–110k | $27,001 |
| $110k+ | $52,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,396 of these 5,478 students, totalling $25,616,068 — an average of $7,543 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)