College · Private nonprofit · Edison, NJ · Suburb
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School
Edison, NJ
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$8k
Undergrad size115
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $8k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
115 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $8k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$90k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$34k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$57k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $12.7k
- Room & board
- $3.6k
- Books & supplies
- $200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr0%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
Transfer out83%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 115
- Location
- Edison, 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, lower 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$58k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.