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Survey: Long Island colleges ranked among state’s top desired

Adina Genn //February 24, 2020 //

Photo courtesy of Farmingdale State College

Photo courtesy of Farmingdale State College

Survey: Long Island colleges ranked among state’s top desired

Adina Genn //February 24, 2020 //

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Long Island has some of the state’s most desired colleges and universities among applicants.

That’s according to a study from LendEDU, a website that helps consumers compare financial products, including student loans, personal loans, credit cards, insurance products and banking products.

Released this month, the study tracked the total number of applicants and the ratio of enrolled to admitted students, comparing the metrics from the 2008-09 and 2018-19 academic years.

Each school had to have a minimum of 500 applicants during this range. And the data was from the National Center for Education Statistics‘ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

More than 1,200 colleges and universities were compared across the nation, and 116 were compared in New York.

In New York, Farmingdale State College came in ninth, and the top public college in New York State.

Adelphi University was rated the top private college on Long Island in the survey, and ranked 13 among higher education institutions in the state overall.

Stony Brook University was number 21, SUNY College at Old Westbury was 28, Hofstra University 42, and Molloy College 59.

“This is a truly remarkable national recognition,” Farmingdale State College President John Nader said in a statement.

“As we head into the new decade, prospective students want to go to schools that are trending upwards, and Farmingdale State College is on the right track based off its desirability statistics from the last decade,” Michael Brown, a research analyst at LendEDU, said in a statement.