by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,387 people earned their degree in Jewish studies, making the major the 445th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,232 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 590 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Jewish studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Jewish studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Elyon College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 40 associates’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yeshiva University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Yeshiva University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 519 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seminary Bnos Chaim. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Seminary Bnos Chaim is located in Lakewood, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 associates’s Judaic studies degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s Judaic studies students in 2020-2021.
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