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Hofstra Comparisons

Hempstead, New York

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

S
Stony Brook University

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


J
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$54,335 lower in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Buffalo

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


F
Farmingdale State College

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


L
CUNY Lehman College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


Y
CUNY York College

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
CUNY New York City College of Technology

$47,405 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Old Westbury

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$47,265 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


U
United States Merchant Marine Academy

$54,335 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


Compare with New York Private Colleges

N
New York University

$6,103 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$10,869 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$6,975 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$11,005 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,000 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$12,287 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$8,815 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$9,743 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$12,535 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$5,835 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$6,025 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$4,785 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$9,005 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$1,801 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$9,395 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$8,885 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$8,235 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$3,324 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$575 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$3,825 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$10,755 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$11,755 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$2,307 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$14,877 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


B
Bard College

$8,455 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$8,793 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


M
Molloy College

$18,055 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


U
Union College

$11,770 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


L
Le Moyne College

$16,565 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$9,115 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$7,523 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


P
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$14,275 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


W
Wagner College

$4,135 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


A
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$15,235 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
Canisius College

$23,235 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


M
Marymount Manhattan College

$15,935 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$12,375 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yeshiva University

$8,335 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$37,645 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


E
Elmira College

$18,183 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

$9,785 lower in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


T
Touro College

$33,335 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


N
Nazareth College

$15,545 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


K
The King's College

$33,335 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


J
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

$3,415 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


W
Webb Institute

$3,495 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

P
Penn State Main Campus

$34,663 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$44,446 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$36,845 lower in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$40,295 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$44,240 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$37,744 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$34,181 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$46,421 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$36,083 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$40,661 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


O
Old Dominion University

$46,745 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$38,003 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$44,334 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$54,335 lower in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$38,055 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$43,085 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$39,629 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$45,097 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$38,719 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$45,397 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$46,629 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


N
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

$38,815 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$38,485 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$39,429 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$39,651 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$38,947 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$39,645 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$54,335 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$42,219 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Connecticut State University

$47,671 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$39,711 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$38,947 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$39,711 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$38,947 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$39,711 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$40,511 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$66 lower in-state tuition
68% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$5,375 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$8,505 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$9,463 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$4,285 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$10,365 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$9,471 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$10,561 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


H
Howard University

$21,457 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$7,925 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$12,075 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$11,321 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$5,415 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$7,665 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$10,365 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$3,958 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$9,349 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


Q
Quinnipiac University

$3,935 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$10,083 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$12,023 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$4,355 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$65 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$6,845 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$1,389 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$1,697 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$12,315 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$7,147 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$3,815 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$8,265 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$7,657 higher in-state tuition
64% lower acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$10,013 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$5,665 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$10,205 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$5,495 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$2,801 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$12,381 higher in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$13,187 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$7,189 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$1,175 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$5,170 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$9,455 higher in-state tuition
64% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$9,665 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$10,465 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


E
Endicott College

$16,023 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryant University

$4,063 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$4,345 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$1,145 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$9,895 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


R
Rider University

$16,635 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
University of San Francisco

$3,335 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$8,065 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas Christian University

$2,795 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


M
Mercer University

$13,745 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


B
Belmont University

$14,935 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$3,697 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$6,735 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$9,345 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$6,645 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


E
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach

$13,655 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$171 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


S
Seattle University

$1,100 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Portland

$65 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$11,735 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


G
Gonzaga University

$1,795 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Drake University

$4,869 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$9,335 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$7,631 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


R
Rollins College

$3,965 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


L
Lewis & Clark College

$7,581 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$4,692 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


L
Lipscomb University

$18,487 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$3,547 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$11,193 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


L
LeTourneau University

$19,655 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$17,835 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$18,457 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


E
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$13,655 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate