Hebrew Theological College
Private College in Skokie, IL. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $33,291.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,291, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 50%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Hebrew Theological College admits 57% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. Only 14 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 88% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 1 (14%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 50% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 86%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 26% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 81 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,158 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $21,396 at $0–30k versus $35,059 at $110k+. About 75% get grants averaging $10,698, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 25% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 15 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $21,396 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $35,059 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 20 of these 81 students, totalling $143,775 — an average of $7,189 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026