College · Private nonprofit · Lakewood, NJ · City
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed
Lakewood, NJ
Admit rate58%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$7k
Undergrad size132
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $7k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 58% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
132 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $14k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $7k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$56k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$27k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$29k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.1k
- Room & board
- $4.4k
- Books & supplies
- $400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants27%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr33%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
Transfer out33%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 132
- Location
- Lakewood, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$29k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.