2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,083 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 926 jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in jewish studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their jewish studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Jewish Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 doctorate’s judaic studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jewish Theological Seminary of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s judaic studies degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Jewish Studies at Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Yeshiva University
New York, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yeshiva University landed the #3 spot on the list. Yeshiva University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 3 doctorate’s judaic studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad 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 Yeshiva University

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Touro College
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Judaic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Touro College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 10 doctorate’s judaic studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Jewish Studies at Touro

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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