College · Private nonprofit · Skokie, IL · City
Hebrew Theological College
Skokie, IL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate57%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size90
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 57% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
90 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 $36k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$142k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$107k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$35k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.2k
- Room & board
- $15.0k
- Books & supplies
- $2,024
How students pay for it.
Pell grants13%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans10%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$14k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$33k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out26%
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
- 90
- Location
- Skokie, IL
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- HTC, TI, Teacher's Institute, Skokie Yeshiva, Sarah Hartman Women's College of Touro at HTC, Machon Torani L'Banot, Beis HaMidrash L'Torah
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White88%
- International6%
- Unknown3%
- Black1%
- Hispanic1%
- Two or more races1%
Part-time23%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 12
What you can study.