Several colleges and universities within the
State University of New York system are on Long Island, including
Stony Brook University,
Nassau Community College, and
Suffolk County Community College. Notable private universities on Long Island include
Molloy University in
Rockville Centre, the
New York Institute of Technology in
Old Westbury,
Hofstra University in
Hempstead,
Adelphi University in
Garden City,
Long Island University (with its
C.W. Post campus on a former Gold Coast estate in
Brookville and a
satellite campus in downtown Brooklyn), the
Webb Institute, a small naval architecture college in
Glen Cove, and the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, a
U.S. service academy in
Kings Point, on the
North Shore.