Nassau County
Adelphi University
Business Informatics Center
Hofstra University
Hunter Business School Levittown
Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
Molloy College
New York College of Health Professions
Quad Schools’ Culinary Academy of Long Island
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture

Suffolk County
Adelphi University Hauppauge Branch
Branford Hall Career Institute
Five Towns College
Hunter Business School Medford
Island Drafting & Technical Institute
Long Island University Riverhead and Brentwood Campuses
Polytechnic Institute of New York University Long Island Campus
St. Joseph’s College
Touro Law Center
Watson School of Biological Sciences

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Nassau County

Private university with schools for general education (liberal arts), arts and sciences, advanced psychological studies, business, criminal justice, nursing and social work. They offer a large variety of bachelors and masters degree programs, and there are some online degree programs available.

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Long Island University C.W. Post Campus

Brookville. 9,000 students.

On it’s highly picturesque campus in a wealthy enclave of Long Island’s north shore, C.W. Post offers more than 250 degree programs. Degrees are available in everything from Accounting to Taxation, Chemistry, Childhood Education, Criminal Justice and Writing. The school’s music and dance programs benefit from the on-campus Tilles Center, a music hall that rivals the very best New York performance venues.

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Hofstra University

Hempstead. 12,000 students.

Hofstra’s location in Hempstead Long Island isn’t perhaps the most scenic spot on earth, but the it offers a good education for lots of kids on the region. The school likes to promote it’s proximity to New York City as a major benefit. Hofstra offers more than 150 undergraduate programs and over 160 graduate degrees. Subjects run across the full spectrum of what you would expect from a good sized university: *Liberal Arts & Sciences, Business, Communication, Education and Health. There is also a Law school.

The degree programs here have a strong career orientation.

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Molloy College

Rockville Centre. 4,000 students.

This 50 year-old private school in the leafy suburb of Rockville Centre offers a broad selection of bachelor and masters degree programs in Allied Health Services, Biology, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology, Education, Music and Communications. The school has a Global Learning program that takes students to study in many different locations in Europe and China. Tuition is on the low side for a private school. Also has a campus in Farmingdale.

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Webb Institute of Naval Architecture

Glen Cove. 91 students.

Located in a glorious old estate complex in Glen Cove on Long Island’s north shore, Webb is, as the name implies, a school for students who are highly focused on *

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering*
(a double major in those two subjects is the only degree program offered here). The select student body all gets free tuition, though there are charges for room and board. Clearly a unique institution.

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Quad Schools’ Culinary Academy of Long Island

Syosset.

Founded in 1996, the new facility features an environment designed to mimic the working world closely. The 12,000 square food space includes Commercial kitchen and a baking kitchen.

The school offers career certificate programs in:

• Baking and pastry arts
• Commercial cooking
• Hotel and restaurant management
• Professional pasty and baking arts

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Hunter Business School (Levittown)

Levittown.

A business school unrelated to the Hunter College of CUNY, Hunter Business School has a Nassau Location in Levittown (on Hempstead Turnpike) and a Suffolk County center in Medford (on Route 112). The school has the admirable goal of enabling students to “start or enhance their career in the shortest amount of time.”

Diploma programs, varying in time commitment, include:

• PC Skills Specialist (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Career Skills (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Accounting (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Office Skills (Levittown campus only)
• Medical Office Administration (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Medical Assistant with EKG and Phlebotomy (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computer Repair Technology with Networking (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Medical Billing (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Microsoft Office Specialist (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Income Tax Fundamentals

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Business Informatics Center

Valley Stream.

The Business Informatics Center specializes in associates degrees in various areas of court reporting, which can be completed on an accelerated basis within 18 months. This is a career that can be done full-time, but is also nice if you prefer to work part-time. No SATs are required for acceptance.

Degree specializations include:

• Court reporter
• Freelance reporter
• Realtime (broadcast) captioner

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New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

A school with programs that are flexible enough to allow students to either commit fully to a career in cutting-edge health professions or get enough training to take them up on a part time basis (it’s even OK to study here purely for personal enhancement). The school provides clinical internships with many of it’s degree programs.

Bachelor of Professional Studies degrees are offered in:

Acupuncture, Advanced Asian Bodywork and Oriental Medicine.

An Associate degree

is offered in Massage Therapy

Certificate and continuing education programs in:

Holistic Nursing for RN’s, Science of Self Improvement, Physical Arts – Yoga, T’ai Chi, Qi Gong

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Suffolk County

Hunter Business School (Medford)

A business school unrelated to the Hunter College of CUNY, Hunter Business School has a Nassau Location in Levittown (on Hempstead Turnpike) and a Suffolk County center in Medford (on Route 112). The school has the admirable goal of enabling students to “start or enhance their career in the shortest amount of time.”

Diploma programs, varying in time commitment, include:

• PC Skills Specialist (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Career Skills (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Accounting (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computerized Office Skills (Levittown campus only)
• Medical Office Administration (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Medical Assistant with EKG and Phlebotomy(Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Computer Repair Technology with Networking (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Medical Billing (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Microsoft Office Specialist (Levittown and Medford campuses)
• Income Tax Fundamentals

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Long Island University Riverhead and Brentwood Campuses

These two smaller branches of the main campus in Brookville are both strong on degree programs in Criminal Justice and Teaching and Education. Tuition discounts are offered to Nassau and Suffolk County employees.

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Five Towns College

Dix Hills. 1,600 students.

Five towns’ name may confuse Long Islanders who associate it with an area in southwestern Nassau County. The school was originally slated to be there, but it was founded in Merrick, and moved to it’s present location in Dix Hills (Suffolk) in 1992.

The school offers a unique mix of programs in the arts and broadcast media:

• Audio Recording Business Degree
• Audio Recording Music Degree
• Film & Video
• Jazz & Commercial Music
• Broadcasting
• Journalism
• Music Business
• Music Education
• Theatre Arts

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Polytechnic Institute of New York University Long Island Campus

Melville. 4,514 students.

NYU-Poly is one of the oldest private technical institutes in the United States. In July 2008, it became affiliated with New York University. NYU Polytechnic was listed among the top 10 innovative I.T. schools by Computerworld.com, top four in the U.S. for student diversity by U.S. News & World Report and one of the best Northeastern colleges by the Princeton Review.

Long Island location offers Master of Science degrees in the following programs:

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Microwaves Focus
• Electrophysics
• Management of Technology
• Management of Technology – Systems Engineering Focus
• Systems Engineering
• Telecommunication Networks
• Interdisciplinary Studies in Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy

Offers Certificate Programs in:

• Computer Engineering
• Construction Management
• Information Security Professional
• Power Systems Management
• Software Engineering
• Telecommunication Network
• Wireless Communications

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St. Joseph’s College

Patchogue. 3,906 students.

St. Joseph’s College is independent and coeducational and was founded in 1916. For nine consecutive years, the College was recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue.

Offers undergraduate, graduate and online degrees:

• Business Administration
• Comp. Information Systems
• Computer Science
• Criminal Justice
• Marketing
• Economics
• Sociology
• Executive M.B.A.
• Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education
• Literacy and Cognition

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Touro Law Center

Central Islip. 793 enrolled.

Touro Law Center is a private coeducational Law School. It holds accreditation from the American Bar Association and Association of American Law Schools. The Touro Law Center offers many clinical and field placement externships to students.

Offers the following postgraduate degrees:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.)
• Master of Laws (LL.M.)
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in U.S. Legal Studies for Foreign Law Graduates
• J.D./M.B.A. (Business)
• J.D./M.P.A. (Health)
• J.D./M.S.W. (Social Work)

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Watson School of Biological Sciences

Cold Spring Harbor. 50 postgraduates.

Watson School of Biological Sciences is a unique school that offers a specialized accelerated Ph.D program. Students can also receive degrees in several other shared programs in conjunction with Stony Brook University. Nearly half of the students enrolled are international students.

Offers an accelerated 4 year Ph.D in Molecular Biology

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Branford Hall Career Institute

Bohemia. 400 students.

Branford Hall Career Institute is an independent career college with locations in New York and New England. The institution is recognized by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools in Washington, D.C.

Bohemia Location offers programs in:

• Medical Assistance
• Medical Billing and Coding
• HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)

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Island Drafting & Technical Institute

Amityville. 130 students.

School founded in 1957 is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. Offers a mix of highly career-focused programs in cutting edge drafting and computer tech skill areas. Tuition is affordable.

A.O.S. (Associate of Occupational Study) Degree Programs

• Computer Aided Drafting/Design
• Electronic and Computer Service Technology

Diploma Programs

• Electronics Technology
• Digital Electronic Technology
• Personal Computer Servicing and Support Specialist
• Information Processing
• Computer Aided Drafting/Design Technology – Architectural
• Computer Aided Drafting/Design Technology – Mechanical
• Computer Aided Drafting

Continuing Education Programs

• AutoCAD
• Microsoft – MCSE
• Novell CNE

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Adelphi University Hauppauge Branch

This smaller branch campus of the Garden City-headquartered school offers

Bachelors degrees in:

• Literature
• Social Sciences
• Criminal Justice
• Nursing

Masters degrees are offered in:

• Psychology
• Mental Health Counseling
• Business

A certificate is offered in basic sciences for the health professions.

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