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- Yeshiva Toras Chaim

Lakewood, NJSuburb: largeZIP 08701Founded 1967
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1967
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2008
- Website
- ytclakewood.com
New JerseyPrivate nonprofit
Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Yeshiva Toras Chaim is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Lakewood, New Jersey, with 227 undergraduates. It admits 44% of applicants, graduates 17% within six years and costs $1,391 a year after aid.
17%graduate
Admission rate44%
Retention92%
4-year graduation1.9%
Pell Grant share39%
Federal loans0%
$1,391net price / year
44%admission rate
—average SAT
17%graduate in 6 years
$35,583median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,642 of 1,704 for earnings#8 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,671 of 1,738 for graduation rate#199 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
- $18,385tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,800
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,800
- Average net price
- $1,391national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000$137
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$1,712
$110,001+$9,466
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 44%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college44%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college17%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college39%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 17%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 1.9%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 27%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,583
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$86,428
Median, Yeshiva Toras Chaim$35,583
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
- 227
- Part-time
- 8.4%
- Women / men
- 0% / 100%
- Average age at entry
- 18.1
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 39%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 21 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $5,532 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,320
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White86%
U.S. nonresident14%
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 451398. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q8052844.