- The Inkwell
- New York
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NYCity: largeZIP 10027Founded 1886
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1886
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.jtsa.edu
New YorkReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private nonprofit faith-based college in New York, New York, with 172 undergraduates. It admits 49% of applicants, graduates 82% within six years and costs $48,432 a year after aid.
82%graduate
Admission rate49%
Retention96%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share3.5%
Federal loans14%
$48,432net price / year
49%admission rate
1500average SAT
82%graduate in 6 years
$84,604median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#150 of 1,704 for earnings#1,711 of 1,739 for lowest net price#162 of 1,738 for graduation rate#237 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $87,965tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $76,040
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $76,040
- Average net price
- $48,432national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+$48,432
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 49%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 720–790
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 720–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college49%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college96%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college82%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college3.5%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 82%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 96%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 83%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $84,604middle 50%: $62,048–—
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Jewish Theological Seminary of America$84,604
Lower quarter$62,048
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 172
- Part-time
- 0.6%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 3.5%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 44%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,696 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $16,476
- Endowment, end of year
- $150,197,769
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White79%
Hispanic10%
Asian0.6%
Two or more races0.6%
U.S. nonresident1.7%
Unknown7.6%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Philosophy & religious studies100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 192040. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1688743.