Seminary Bnos Chaim
Private College in Lakewood, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 94%.
- ✓ Graduation rate 94% — well above the national average
Admissions
At 44%, the acceptance rate makes Seminary Bnos Chaim a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. With 390 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 58% 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 94% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 96% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit two-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 177 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 177 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,151 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,504 at $0–30k against $24,025 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,710 — common but not automatic.
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 · 108 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 | $21,504 |
| $30–48k | $21,477 |
| $48–75k | $22,142 |
| $75–110k | $24,025 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ocean County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026