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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private campus in New York proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Jewish affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income (partial)

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$18,385

family income
under $30k

not reported

$30–48k

$26,934

$48–75k

not reported

$75–110k

$36,829

over $110k

Only three of the five income brackets were filed for the same year at Jewish Theological Seminary of America — this isn't a full distribution.

Average net price

$43,1952023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Jewish Theological Seminary of America rose from $13,605 (2008) to $43,195 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$13,605
2009	$9,877
2010	$24,894
2011	$4,932
2012	$7,059
2013	$30,892
2014	$35,796
2015	$36,225
2016	$43,266
2017	$50,794
2018	$40,129
2019	$46,476
2020	$34,849
2021	$48,402
2022	$29,744
2023	$43,195

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$85,9452024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Jewish Theological Seminary of America rose from $31,500 (2009) to $85,945 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$31,500
2010	$31,500
2011	$32,440
2012	$31,150
2013	$32,130
2014	$58,278
2015	$62,628
2016	$62,274
2017	$72,120
2018	$74,504
2019	$75,041
2020	$79,512
2021	$70,174
2022	$86,964
2023	$80,579
2024	$85,945

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$8,820
2001	$9,440
2002	$10,100
2003	$10,700
2004	$11,340
2005	$11,900
2006	$13,370
2007	$14,140
2008	$15,000
2013	$18,460
2014	$19,380
2015	$20,340
2016	$52,660
2017	$54,684
2018	$56,778
2019	$59,112
2020	$58,703
2021	$66,064
2022	$68,365
2023	$65,545

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Jewish Theological Seminary of America reports published tuition of $67,357 in this record. Jewish Theological Seminary of America's $67,357 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America reports 172 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

90.3% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Jewish Theological Seminary of America within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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90.3%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Jewish Theological Seminary of America rose from 74.5% (entered 1996) to 90.3% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	43.5%
1992 cohort	73.7%
1993 cohort	64.3%
1994 cohort	100%
1996 cohort	74.5%
1997 cohort	73.1%
1998 cohort	75%
1999 cohort	84.4%
2000 cohort	94.4%
2001 cohort	90.6%
2002 cohort	87.8%
2003 cohort	88.1%
2004 cohort	88.1%
2005 cohort	96.2%
2006 cohort	90.7%
2007 cohort	97.5%
2008 cohort	78.3%
2009 cohort	87.5%
2010 cohort	75.5%
2011 cohort	80.5%
2012 cohort	81.6%
2013 cohort	90.9%
2014 cohort	89.5%
2015 cohort	87.2%
2016 cohort	81%
2017 cohort	86.8%
2018 cohort	90.3%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$58,656

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$92,751

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Jewish Theological Seminary of America admitted 70 of 144 applicants in Fall 2024. The 48.6% rate describes that application pool.

48.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $65,545 tuition · 2023–24 172 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1440–15801600

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Admissions

Jewish Theological Seminary of America reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Jewish Theological Seminary of America’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 720–790 and Math was 720–790 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1440–1580 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	720	750	790
SAT Math	720	750	790

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Jewish Theological Seminary of America received 144 applications and admitted 70 (48.6%), with 41 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

48.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

The share admitted at Jewish Theological Seminary of America declined from 59.3% to 48.6%; this does not establish why. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	59.3%
Fall 2002	53.3%
Fall 2003	60.5%
Fall 2004	67.5%
Fall 2005	67.5%
Fall 2006	53.5%
Fall 2007	60.8%
Fall 2008	59.7%
Fall 2009	61.8%
Fall 2010	52.7%
Fall 2011	52.3%
Fall 2012	51.9%
Fall 2013	55%
Fall 2014	61.9%
Fall 2015	51.9%
Fall 2016	57.3%
Fall 2017	52.7%
Fall 2018	46.8%
Fall 2019	59.5%
Fall 2020	58.3%
Fall 2021	50.4%
Fall 2022	50.8%
Fall 2023	45.1%
Fall 2024	48.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1440–1580Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2003	1285	1425
Fall 2004	1228	1433
Fall 2005	1228	1433
Fall 2006	1250	1280
Fall 2007	1280	1420
Fall 2008	1230	1420
Fall 2009	1260	1360
Fall 2010	1270	1430
Fall 2011	1250	1460
Fall 2012	1250	1460
Fall 2013	1245	1400
Fall 2014	1250	1450
Fall 2015	1290	1455
Fall 2016	1290	1415
Fall 2017	1320	1440
Fall 2018	1340	1520
Fall 2019	1343	1468
Fall 2020	1370	1540
Fall 2021	1346	1488
Fall 2022	1466	1538
Fall 2023	1440	1559
Fall 2024	1440	1580

IPEDS Fall 2003–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

33–35Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2003	28	32
Fall 2004	25	29
Fall 2005	25	29
Fall 2006	29	30
Fall 2007	29	31
Fall 2008	27	32
Fall 2009	30	32
Fall 2010	28	32
Fall 2011	29	33
Fall 2012	29	33
Fall 2013	30	32
Fall 2014	27	31
Fall 2015	28	32
Fall 2016	28	32
Fall 2017	29	32
Fall 2018	30	34
Fall 2019	30	33
Fall 2020	32	34
Fall 2021	32	34
Fall 2022	33	34
Fall 2023	33	35

IPEDS Fall 2003–2023, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

172Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Jewish Theological Seminary of America has wandered from Fall 2013 to Fall 2024 — up to 172 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 172.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	195
Fall 2003	186
Fall 2004	196
Fall 2005	205
Fall 2006	195
Fall 2007	180
Fall 2008	190
Fall 2009	177
Fall 2010	176
Fall 2011	170
Fall 2012	—
Fall 2013	161
Fall 2014	156
Fall 2015	152
Fall 2016	156
Fall 2017	158
Fall 2018	146
Fall 2019	143
Fall 2020	132
Fall 2021	144
Fall 2022	149
Fall 2023	172
Fall 2024	172

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

96%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Jewish Theological Seminary of America rose from 77% (Fall 2002) to 96% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	77%
Fall 2003 cohort	87%
Fall 2004 cohort	93%
Fall 2005 cohort	96%
Fall 2006 cohort	100%
Fall 2007 cohort	100%
Fall 2008 cohort	89%
Fall 2009 cohort	98%
Fall 2010 cohort	96%
Fall 2011 cohort	98%
Fall 2012 cohort	97%
Fall 2013 cohort	97%
Fall 2014 cohort	100%
Fall 2015 cohort	97%
Fall 2016 cohort	91%
Fall 2017 cohort	92%
Fall 2018 cohort	97%
Fall 2019 cohort	79%
Fall 2020 cohort	100%
Fall 2021 cohort	98%
Fall 2022 cohort	100%
Fall 2023 cohort	96%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Faculty pay at Jewish Theological Seminary of America averages $152,352 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Jewish Theological Seminary of America as a primarily residential campus of 172 undergraduates — and 95.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America's SAT section-percentile sums are 1440–1580 — their midpoint is above the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Jewish Theological Seminary of America's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Jewish Theological Seminary of America compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Jewish Theological Seminary of America48.6%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Jewish Theological Seminary of America$67,357

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Jewish Theological Seminary of America's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America$92,751

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	48.6%	70.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$67,357	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$92,751	$60,236	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Jewish Theological Seminary of America report?

Jewish Theological Seminary of America's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1440–1580 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Jewish Theological Seminary of America's acceptance rate?

48.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 70 admitted from 144 applicants.

How much does Jewish Theological Seminary of America cost?

At Jewish Theological Seminary of America, tuition is $67,357. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Jewish Theological Seminary of America report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $92,751. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New York

Manhattan School of Music — 40.8% admitted
Maria College of Albany — 44.5% admitted
Marist University — 56.5% admitted
Fordham University — 59.3% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.