Nassau Standard

College tuition fees rose 1.6% in Nassau County in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Data shows that students paid $28,765 on average to attend higher education courses at the time, $444 more than the previous school year.

Among the 19 institutions providing full disclosure in the county, the Webb Institute stood out with the highest tuition fees, reaching an average of $58,150. Hofstra University followed with an average of $53,330 per year. The United States Merchant Marine Academy students were offered the lowest annual tuition fees at $1,008.

At the time, at least $180 million in grants or scholarships were awarded to full-time undergraduates who started at the Nassau County universities in the 2022-23 school year. Additionally, federal student loans reached more than $33.4 million.

Currently there are 20 higher education institutions in Nassau County, including Hunter Business School, Molloy College, and Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute.

Undergraduate education costs have seen a significant increase over the past few decades. Data shows a 169% rise in the average total cost, including tuition, fees, room, and board, between 1980 and 2020.

According to a 2023 College Board report, in-state students at public universities paid an average of $11,260, while out-of-state students paid $29,150 in the 2023-24 academic year.

Meanwhile, student loan debt has steadily increased over the last 30 years, reaching $1.75 trillion in 2024, averaging a total of $28,950 per borrower. Federal loans make up 92% of the debt, with over half of students at both public and private four-year colleges graduating with student loans.

Of the 20 institutions in Nassau County, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine did not provide detailed data on tuition fees.

Available data sometimes exceeds 100% due to rounding and administrative calculations.

Institution	Number of Students Receiving Grants	Total Amount of Grants Received	Average Amount of Grant Per Student	Number of Students Receiving Loans	Total Amount of Loans Received	Average Amount of Loans Per Student
Brittany Beauty Academy	79	$436,513	$5,525	96	$540,636	$5,632
Nassau Community College	1,363	$11,350,212	$8,327	444	$2,264,142	$5,099
New York Institute of Technology	832	$25,746,446	$30,945	370	$2,124,876	$5,743
Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute	91	$345,421	$3,796	55	$268,842	$4,888
Hunter Business School	452	$3,742,611	$8,280	455	$4,468,620	$9,821
Hofstra University	1,683	$55,551,356	$33,007	904	$8,784,413	$9,717
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College	0	$0	$0	0	$0	$0
Access Careers	24	$123,858	$5,161	11	$60,478	$5,498
Rabbinical College of Long Island	27	$282,468	$10,462	0	$0	$0
Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing	35	$206,458	$5,899	32	$308,112	$9,629
United States Merchant Marine Academy	14	$61,233	$4,374	24	$121,472	$5,061
Molloy College	604	$13,355,186	$22,111	391	$3,377,543	$8,638
Adelphi University	1,072	$30,847,363	$28,776	764	$6,077,581	$7,955
New York College of Health Professions	0	$0	$0	0	$0	$0
SUNY Old Westbury	480	$4,567,729	$9,516	194	$1,107,290	$5,708
Barber & Beauty Institute of New York	20	$65,972	$3,299	16	$92,306	$5,769
Webb Institute	25	$1,416,300	$56,652	6	$29,000	$4,833
Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead	28	$142,477	$5,088	38	$263,254	$6,928
Long Island University	1,068	$31,769,348	$29,747	433	$3,534,998	$8,164