Rabbinical College
of America
Private College in Morristown, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $34,990.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,990, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Rabbinical College of America takes nearly everyone who applies. With 103 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 97% 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
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Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. With 63% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 197 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,881 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,800 at the $0–30k band to $17,500 at $110k+. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $12,102 on average.
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 · 53 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 | $8,800 |
| $30–48k | $14,229 |
| $48–75k | $17,300 |
| $75–110k | $16,469 |
| $110k+ | $17,500 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Morris County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026