Uta Mesivta
of Kiryas Joel
Private College in Monroe, NY. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $31,853.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,853, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 70% of students finish within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 70% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 94% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — 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 2,723 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,392 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,915 at $0–30k against $4,482 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $15,596, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 599 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 | $3,915 |
| $30–48k | $3,898 |
| $48–75k | $4,617 |
| $75–110k | $6,690 |
| $110k+ | $4,482 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026