About
The Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) is a rabbinical school based in Yonkers, New York, founded on a pluralistic approach to Judaism. The rabbinical school was the first to appoint a Jewish woman as its president.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 6 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 6 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data6 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $693K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Academic programs at Academy for Jewish Religion
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Academy for Jewish Religion vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Academy for Jewish Religion selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAcademy for Jewish Religion | — | — | 82 | — | — |
| — | — | 558 | — | — | |
| 0% | — | 204 | — | — | |
| — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| 29% | 74.8% | 466 | $40,846 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 2,230 | $13,305 | — | |
| 17% | 100.0% | 17 | $4,479 | — | |
| 0% | 100.0% | 91 | $6,182 | — | |
| Peer group median | 9% | 100.0% | 148 | $9,744 |
Institutions like Academy for Jewish Religion
Explore the federal data for institutions in Academy for Jewish Religion's comparison group.
- California
Alder Graduate School of Education
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment558Net price—View data - Louisiana
Bridges Christian College
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment204Net price—View data - Arkansas
Jackson Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7Net price—View data - Oregon
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Grad rate29%Admit rate74.8%Enrollment466Net price$40,846View data - California
Reach University
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment2,230Net price$13,305View data - New York
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York
Grad rate17%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment17Net price$4,479View data - Illinois
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago
Grad rate0%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment91Net price$6,182View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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