Hofstra Admits Out-of-State Applicants at 81.87%, In-State New Yorkers at 75.66%

Hofstra University's published acceptance rate for the Fall 2025 entering class was 72.67%, from 15,821 admits out of 21,771 first-time, first-year applicants. Broken out by residency, out-of-state applicants were admitted at 81.87%, ahead of in-state New York applicants at 75.66%, while international applicants were admitted at just 6.14% — a far steeper gap than residency alone produces. Follow those groups to enrollment and the pattern flips: in-state admits enroll at roughly double the out-of-state rate. Hofstra's own Common Data Set fills in the residency table two years running, which is worth noting on its own — most private universities leave that section blank, and Hofstra doesn't.

In-state New Yorkers make up a majority of Hofstra's applicant pool, but not an identical share year to year: they were 54.95% of Fall 2025 applicants and 49.11% of Fall 2024 applicants. That shift matters, because it's part of why the overall admit rate moved between the two years — New York applicants are admitted at a lower rate than out-of-state applicants, so a pool with a bigger in-state share pulls the blended rate down, all else equal.

The Decomposition

All figures are from Hofstra's Common Data Set filings, Section C1 residency supplement, published by the Office of Institutional Research and Strategic Analysis. Both years also report a small "Unknown" residency row (4 applicants each year) that rounds to nothing material and is omitted from the table above; it's included in each year's own published total. Both years' rows sum exactly to Hofstra's own published totals, with nothing derived.

Show the math: Fall 2025, 9,051 of 11,963 in-state applicants were admitted, and 9,051 / 11,963 = 75.66%. Out-of-state, 6,667 of 8,143 were admitted, 6,667 / 8,143 = 81.87% — a 6.21-point edge for out-of-state applicants. International applicants: 102 of 1,661 were admitted, 102 / 1,661 = 6.14%. Yield runs the other way: of the 9,051 in-state admits, 1,103 enrolled, a 12.19% yield; of the 6,667 out-of-state admits, only 472 enrolled, 7.08% — closer to half the in-state rate. International admits enrolled at 39.22%, the highest yield of any group, despite facing by far the lowest admit rate.

Why This Happens

Hofstra's Common Data Set doesn't state a reason for either pattern, and none is asserted here. The admit-rate gap between out-of-state and in-state applicants held in both years — 6.21 points in Fall 2025, 2.36 points in Fall 2024 — while international applicants were admitted at a small fraction of either domestic rate both years. On yield, in-state admits consistently enroll at roughly double the out-of-state rate, while international admits, few as they are, yield at the highest rate of any group. That combination — low international admit rate, high international yield — suggests the students Hofstra does admit internationally are a highly committed group, but Hofstra's own filing doesn't explain the underlying selection process, and this article won't guess at it.

Early Decision

Hofstra runs no Early Decision plan. Section C21 of both the 2025-2026 and 2024-2025 Common Data Set filings answers "No" — this isn't a disclosure gap or a copy-forward artifact, it's Hofstra stating plainly, in both years, that no binding Early Decision option exists. There's no figure to reconcile and no year-over-year check to run, because neither filing has anything to compare.

Hofstra does offer Early Action, in two rounds — EA I, closing November 15, and EA II, closing December 15, both non-restrictive, confirmed in both filings. But the Common Data Set's Early Action section collects only the Yes/No flag, closing and notification dates, and a restrictive-plan indicator. It has no fields for Early Action applicant or admit counts in either year, so no round-level admit rate exists for EA at Hofstra despite the plan being real and confirmed both years.

Hofstra's Common Data Set also publishes waitlist figures both years: for Fall 2025, 190 applicants were offered a spot, 92 accepted, and 22 were admitted; for Fall 2024, 267 were offered, 117 accepted, and 23 were admitted.

What Hofstra Doesn't Publish

Hofstra's Common Data Set has no by-college or by-school breakdown of applicants or admits, and none was found on the university's Institutional Research "Facts & Figures" or "At a Glance" pages either. Whatever school you're targeting at Hofstra, the residency-based rates above are the most granular admissions data made public. The same holds for intended major — no applicant or admit counts are published by field of study, so a major-specific Hofstra acceptance rate doesn't exist in any source checked.

What This Means for Your Application

The out-of-state advantage at Hofstra is real and has held for two straight years, though it narrowed from 2.36 points in Fall 2024 to 6.21 points in Fall 2025 — worth tracking rather than treating as fixed. The bigger strategic signal is yield: if you're an out-of-state admit weighing Hofstra against other offers, you're the norm, not the exception, since most out-of-state admits enroll elsewhere. And because Hofstra doesn't publish an Early Action-specific rate, you can't use round choice to estimate your odds — the timing decision has to rest on your own readiness, not a published EA edge.

Our free college list builder can help you weigh Hofstra's residency-based rates against the rest of your list, rather than relying on the single blended headline. Once Hofstra is on your list, our application deadline tracker keeps its EA I and EA II dates lined up against every other school's. And if you're deciding whether Early Action timing makes sense for your Hofstra application, a free strategy call is a low-pressure way to work through it.