Long Island University - Post

Long Island University - Post

720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, New York, USA

About

LIU Post is located on a historic 330-acre campus located on Long Island’s renowned Gold Coast and offers an incredible learning environment that fosters academic achievement as well as student growth and development. LIU Post offers everything from world-class faculty and unique experiential learning opportunities to student clubs and NCAA Division I athletic events, where you will form lifelong friendships. The Post campus is located in an ideal location – just a 10-minute drive to the beach and a short train away from New York City.


Ranked a “Best Regional University,” by U.S. News and World Report, LIU Post offers more than 200 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and certificate programs. LIU Post is a leader in cultivating entrepreneurial spirit in our students through innovative collaborations, including Thoughbox@LIU tech and small-business incubator and student-run businesses. On-campus radio and television stations serve as real-world learning labs for media and journalism students, and LIU Post is proud to be the only university on Long Island equipped with a full-service Equestrian Center, with barns, indoor and outdoor riding rings, and horse trails. Our campus is home to Long Island’s premier concert and performance venue Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. LIU Post’s grounds are home to the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium, where students, alumni, family, and friends gather to cheer on the Pioneers’ top-ranked NCAA Division II athletics programs.


Why Long Island University 

Vision of Excellence: Long Island University's mission is to provide excellence and access in private higher education to people from all backgrounds who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.


Location: Just 27 miles east of New York City on Long Island’s idyllic Gold Coast, LIU Post is a scenic, historic, and scholarly campus that offers a small-school environment, but with the access and resources of a major metropolitan university. 


Alumni: LIU offers a unique college experience for every student seeking academic enrichment and professional opportunity. Upon graduation, our students join a community of more than 200,000 alumni to become global leaders in fields that include the arts, health sciences, media, education, pharmacy, business, technology, public service, and professional sports.


Opportunity: With nearly 200 academic degree programs to choose from, LIU Post provides you with the flexibility to embark on a path that allows you to explore your intellectual passions under the close personal mentorship of field-leading experts. LIU Post's innovative Student-Run Businesses put you in positions of leadership at every stage: from purchasing merchandise to marketing to payroll, it's your company. Proceeds are recycled back into the Pioneer ecosystem to build more student ventures and fund scholarships.

Features

69 out of 69 programs are eligible for Optional Practical Training.

Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student’s major area of study. Eligible students can apply to receive up to 12 months of OPT employment authorization before completing their academic studies (pre-completion) and/or after completing their academic studies (post-completion).

If you have earned a degree in certain science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, you may be eligible for a 24-month extension of your post-completion OPT employment authorization.

For more information see here: https://www.uscis.gov/opt

Cooperative education (or co-operative education) and internships are methods of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience ("co-op"), provides academic credit for structured job experience. Co-ops are full-time, paid or unpaid positions. Internships may be full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid positions.
Even if you do NOT meet our minimum English requirement (IELTS or TOEFL), you still can get conditionally accepted in the program of your choice with the condition of completing our English program prior to starting your chosen program.

Students need to plan their accommodations well in advance of their arrival as all accommodation options fill up quickly, well before the start of the semester.

On-Campus Residence Accommodations

On-Campus residence accommodations are provided per discretion by the school.

Off-Campus Accommodations

The local area has a variety of off-campus rental housing options including single homes, duplexes, apartments and rooms for rent. Students wishing to live off-campus need to research availability on their own and should arrive well before the start of term to do so.

Homestay

There are a wide variety of homestay options available, and our partners do their best to match students and hosts according to their interests and preferences. Homestay hosts include single people, young couples with children and pets, and older couples. All homestay accommodations have been inspected, and all adults in the home have completed a required criminal reference check.

Location

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720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, New York, USA, 11548

Insttitution Details

founded

1951

School ID

3018

Institution type

Private

DLI

School Rank

1575

Cost and Duration

$0 USD

Application fee

4 years

Average undergraduate program

2 years

Average graduate program

$18378 USD / Year

Cost of Living

$36455.07 USD / First Year

Gross tuition

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