Jamestown Business College
Jamestown, NY · For-profit · Town (distant) · JBC
For-profit institution in Jamestown, NY · 251 undergraduates · 86% acceptance rate · $34,976 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 6%Pell Grant share
- Top 10%Average net price
- Top 16%Median graduate debt
- Top 18%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $7,732206th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,945833rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,945442nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $19,567347th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $14,800304th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,9761,788th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,9621,789th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 60.5%754th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 85.8%1,091st most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2511,828th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 50.0:12,138th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 68.6%129th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 210 mi (DTW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $30,119 | $28,598 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1886source
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Jamestown Business College’s 251 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeChester, NY · 249 undergrads
- Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon YisroelBrooklyn, NY · 233 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinkaBrooklyn, NY · 232 undergrads
- Mount Sinai Phillips School of NursingNew York, NY · 273 undergrads
- Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey, NY · 222 undergrads
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityBrooklyn, NY · 286 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Northwestern Health Sciences UniversityBloomington, MN · 251 undergrads
- Eagle Gate College-MurrayMurray, UT · 252 undergrads
- Midwives College of UtahSalt Lake City, UT · 253 undergrads
- Prescott CollegePrescott, AZ · 253 undergrads
- Research College of NursingKansas City, MO · 249 undergrads
- Art Academy of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH · 254 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitejbc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 192004)
- Compare colleges in NYRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in New YorkEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Jamestown Business College vs Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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