Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Lakewood, NJ · Private · Large suburb · YTC
Private institution in Lakewood, NJ · 225 undergraduates · 98% acceptance rate · $62,526 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Average net price
- Top 9%Full-time retention
- Top 21%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 23%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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
- $5,01478th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,750816th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,750429th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,574468th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,526451st highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 27.0%1,821st highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 93.1%167th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 98.4%1,502nd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2251,847th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,007th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 41.8%631st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 41 mi (EWR)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Yeshiva Toras Chaim’s 225 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NJ
- Rabbinical College of AmericaMorristown, NJ · 197 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes YerachmielLakewood, NJ · 172 undergrads
- Bais Medrash Toras ChesedLakewood, NJ · 125 undergrads
- Beth Medrash of Asbury ParkLakewood, NJ · 109 undergrads
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolEdison, NJ · 96 undergrads
- Yeshivas Emek HatorahHowell, NJ · 93 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Amridge UniversityMontgomery, AL · 226 undergrads
- Sitting Bull CollegeFort Yates, ND · 226 undergrads
- University of Puerto Rico-Medical SciencesSan Juan, PR · 224 undergrads
- Lincoln UniversityOakland, CA · 223 undergrads
- Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey, NY · 222 undergrads
- Maine College of Health ProfessionsLewiston, ME · 228 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteytclakewood.com
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 451398)
- Compare colleges in NJRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in New JerseyEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Rabbinical College of AmericaSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Yeshiva Toras Chaim vs Rabbinical College of AmericaHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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