Rabbi Jacob
Joseph School
Private College in Edison, NJ.
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School takes nearly everyone who applies. With 36 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 100% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 0% graduate within six years. Retention is strong at 97%, 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. With 83% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 96 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,093 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,913 at $0–30k against $10,547 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $11,348.
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 · 31 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 | $8,913 |
| $30–48k | $2,704 |
| $48–75k | $7,587 |
| $75–110k | $10,547 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Middlesex County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026