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Hofstra Comparisons

Hempstead, New York

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

S
Stony Brook University

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$45,285 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$45,285 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$45,285 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$45,285 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$52,215 lower in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$45,285 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Old Westbury

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$45,145 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


U
United States Merchant Marine Academy

$52,215 lower in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


Compare with New York Private Colleges

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New York University

$3,169 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$10,241 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$6,225 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$10,355 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$4,705 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$11,689 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$8,335 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$8,263 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$11,625 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$5,985 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$6,385 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$4,063 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$8,315 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$1,505 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$8,917 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$10,130 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$8,115 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$3,360 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$711 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$4,089 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$9,835 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$2,745 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


A
Alfred University

$15,771 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$15,531 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$8,485 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


M
Molloy College

$17,665 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


U
Union College

$11,388 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


L
Le Moyne College

$15,895 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$9,385 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$8,135 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


P
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$12,155 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


W
Wagner College

$2,755 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


A
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$14,265 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Canisius College

$22,035 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
Marymount Manhattan College

$15,287 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$12,255 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yeshiva University

$7,015 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$36,315 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

$7,665 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's College New York

$20,455 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


T
Touro College

$31,865 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


N
Nazareth College

$14,885 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


K
The King's College

$31,215 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


R
Roberts Wesleyan College

$17,427 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


J
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

$7,487 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


W
Webb Institute

$2,860 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$33,847 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$42,520 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$35,235 lower in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$38,845 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$42,420 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$36,029 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$32,455 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$44,531 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$34,781 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$39,315 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$36,543 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Commonwealth University

$39,757 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$42,840 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$52,215 lower in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$35,935 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$41,500 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$38,075 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$43,159 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$37,017 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$43,277 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$44,659 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


N
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

$36,695 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


R
Ramapo College of New Jersey

$36,852 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$36,753 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$37,673 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$37,531 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$36,827 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$38,023 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University Camden

$39,315 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$52,215 lower in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$40,099 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$37,591 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$36,827 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$37,591 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$36,827 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut Avery Point

$36,543 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$37,591 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$37,591 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$38,391 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$444 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$5,195 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$8,265 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$8,835 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$3,997 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$10,035 higher in-state tuition
64% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$8,553 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$9,657 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


H
Howard University

$21,631 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$7,649 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$10,735 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$10,465 higher in-state tuition
64% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$5,375 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$6,885 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$9,895 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$4,380 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$8,472 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


Q
Quinnipiac University

$3,045 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$9,193 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$11,589 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$4,220 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$73 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$6,755 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$855 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$2,729 higher in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$11,285 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$5,895 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$4,285 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$8,115 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$6,713 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$9,509 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$5,835 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$9,235 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$4,765 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


M
Monmouth University

$9,711 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$2,303 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$11,507 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$10,635 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$6,839 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$1,415 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$5,055 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$8,625 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$9,369 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$9,785 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


E
Endicott College

$15,289 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryant University

$3,783 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$4,209 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$1,215 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$9,545 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
University of San Francisco

$2,765 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$10,481 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$8,073 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


T
Texas Christian University

$1,675 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Mercer University

$12,807 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$3,045 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$6,045 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$6,355 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$703 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


T
University of Tulsa

$6,649 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


S
Seattle University

$1,887 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Portland

$863 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$11,815 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


G
Gonzaga University

$2,415 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$8,531 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$7,833 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


R
Rollins College

$3,895 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
Seattle Pacific University

$15,711 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


L
Lewis & Clark College

$7,035 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$3,545 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Calvin University

$13,845 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$3,285 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$10,931 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


P
Pacific University

$1,331 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


L
LeTourneau University

$18,545 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$17,717 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


E
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$13,239 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate