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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewish Studies in New York (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Jewish Studies is the 453rd most popular major in the country with 1,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New York, there were 685 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in Jewish studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Jewish studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Jewish studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewish Studies in New York (With Aid)

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Hunter is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees to qualified students.

Hunter not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $2,490 for new york bachelor’s degree judaic studies students with aid per year to attend Hunter.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Jewish Studies at Hunter

#2

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brooklyn College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Judaic studies students in 2019-2020.

Brooklyn College also made our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $2,683 for new york bachelor’s degree judaic studies students with aid per year to attend Brooklyn College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Jewish Studies at Brooklyn College

#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Binghamton University is located in Vestal, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees to qualified students.

Binghamton University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $19,353 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Judaic Studies students with aid per year to attend Binghamton University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Jewish Studies at Binghamton University

#4

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Vassar College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Judaic studies students in 2019-2020.

Vassar also took the #2 spot in our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $26,208 for new york bachelor’s degree judaic studies students with aid per year to attend Vassar.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Jewish Theological Seminary of America is $40,129 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Judaic Studies students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Jewish Studies at Jewish Theological Seminary of America

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#3 in overall quality

Syracuse University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Judaic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees to qualified students.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse is $34,482 for new york bachelor’s degree judaic studies students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Jewish Studies at Syracuse

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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