2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois

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Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,387 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 56 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 3 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewish Studies in Illinois

1

Hebrew Theological College
Skokie, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hebrew Theological College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois. HTC is a small school located in Skokie, Illinois that handed out 26 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Jewish Studies at Hebrew Theological College

2

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#2 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois list. University of Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Chicago Jewish Studies Report

3

Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

#1 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in Illinois list. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Jewish Studies at Northwestern University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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