About
The Academy for Jewish Religion California is a rabbinical and cantorial school located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded with a focus on incorporating diverse Jewish wisdom and traditions rather than adhering to a single denomination. The institution offers various programs including rabbinical, cantorial, and chaplaincy training.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data5 · 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.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 5
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Dec 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Aug 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2018Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
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 $326K 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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 18 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (5.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at AJRCA
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
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
AJRCA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions AJRCA 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 California | — | — | 58 | — | — |
Bethany Theological Seminary | — | — | 61 | — | — |
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius | — | — | 24 | — | — |
Church Divinity School of the Pacific | — | — | 40 | — | — |
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | — | — | 109 | — | — |
Franciscan School of Theology | — | — | 89 | — | — |
Hebrew College | — | — | 163 | — | — |
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies | — | — | 74 | — | — |
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | — | — | 46 | — | — |
Saint Meinrad School of Theology | — | — | 183 | — | — |
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary | — | — | 143 | — | — |
Saint Vincent Seminary | — | — | 79 | — | — |
St Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry | — | — | 144 | — | — |
Starr King School for the Ministry | — | — | 77 | — | — |
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church | — | — | 12 | — | — |
Urshan Graduate School of Theology | — | — | 116 | — | — |
Wartburg Theological Seminary | — | — | 161 | — | — |
Westminster Theological Seminary in California | — | — | 108 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | — | 84 | — |
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan - Academy For Jewish Religion | California2023The Academy for Jewish Religion California developed a strategic plan for 2023-2026 that embraces the diverse wisdom of various Jewish denominations without adhering to any one denomination. The institution emphasizes the dynamic evolution of Judaism, allowing it to adapt while preserving its core principles. AJRCA's mission is to integrate traditional and contemporary insights to continue its pursuit of faith and wisdom.ajrca.edu
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