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School data & stats
Outcomes
Cost
Community
Overview
Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York, on Long Island about an hour from Manhattan, with a broad academic catalog anchored by strong professional programs.
Academics
Communication, business, and the health professions are the most established undergraduate strengths, and the university also houses its own law school and medical school, giving pre-law and pre-med students visible institutional pathways beyond the undergraduate level.
Campus & student life
The campus is a registered arboretum, giving it an unusually landscaped, tree-dense character for a school this close to New York City, and it combines a residential college feel with easy access into Manhattan.
Getting in
Admissions is holistic, with communication and business applicants often citing the university's media and city-adjacent connections as a draw.
After graduation
Hofstra's history hosting presidential debates has given communication and journalism students unusually direct access to real political and media events, and business and health-profession graduates tend to move into the New York metropolitan job market.
Worth knowing
Hofstra has repeatedly hosted U.S. presidential debates, a level of national political visibility unusual for a university of its type, which specifically benefits students in journalism, political science, and communication who get involved with the coverage and logistics.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
hofstra.edu ↗High school coursework
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