About
American Jewish University (AJU) is a private Jewish university in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Academic programs at American Jewish
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
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
American Jewish vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions American Jewish 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAmerican Jewish University | 44% | 96.0% | 424 | — | Baccalaureate |
Antioch College | 41% | 89.1% | 121 | $6,602 | Baccalaureate |
Bennett College | 25% | 50.7% | 180 | $22,858 | Baccalaureate |
Beulah Heights University | 0% | — | 359 | $5,970 | Baccalaureate |
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 65% | 82.9% | 255 | $19,600 | Baccalaureate |
Centenary College of Louisiana | 56% | 55.7% | 712 | $25,159 | Baccalaureate |
College of the Atlantic | 68% | 70.2% | 358 | $24,028 | Baccalaureate |
Divine Word College | 100% | — | 64 | — | Baccalaureate |
East-West University | 19% | 40.7% | 468 | $21,055 | Baccalaureate |
Hampshire College | 54% | 75.3% | 844 | $25,810 | Baccalaureate |
Hebrew Theological College | 50% | 57.1% | 182 | $11,197 | Baccalaureate |
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | 44% | 79.6% | 274 | $14,334 | Baccalaureate |
Holy Cross College | 45% | 75.2% | 661 | $26,470 | Baccalaureate |
Kentucky Mountain Bible College | 55% | 100.0% | 94 | $9,904 | Baccalaureate |
Lyon College | 47% | 62.8% | 659 | $22,670 | Baccalaureate |
Magdalen College | 53% | 44.4% | — | $15,922 | Baccalaureate |
Martin University | 0% | — | 198 | $13,879 | Baccalaureate |
Paine College | 12% | 95.4% | 390 | $15,074 | Baccalaureate |
Pontifical College Josephinum | 32% | 95.8% | 88 | — | Baccalaureate |
Providence Christian College | 20% | 100.0% | 168 | $25,378 | Baccalaureate |
Randall University | 27% | 57.9% | 298 | $16,474 | Baccalaureate |
Rust College | 12% | 48.7% | 467 | $8,751 | Baccalaureate |
Sacred Heart Major Seminary | 67% | 100.0% | 351 | $10,371 | Baccalaureate |
Salem College | 57% | 76.7% | 549 | $18,835 | Baccalaureate |
Simmons College of Kentucky | 8% | 100.0% | 506 | $19,960 | Baccalaureate |
Soka University of America | 92% | 43.4% | 495 | $21,446 | Baccalaureate |
St. John's College | 55% | 53.1% | 467 | $24,351 | Baccalaureate |
Sweet Briar College | 52% | 75.5% | 444 | $23,383 | Baccalaureate |
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | 63% | 89.6% | 97 | $21,511 | Baccalaureate |
University of the West | 38% | 100.0% | 138 | $11,137 | Baccalaureate |
Wells College | 41% | 69.6% | — | $22,921 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 45% | 75.4% | 358 | $19,780 |
American Jewish Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness advances American Jewish University’s mission by strengthening academic quality, institutional integrity, and continuous improvement.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of American Jewish (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Leslie AlexanderReligion
- Sherre HirschReligion
- Rochelle HuppinReligion
- Jonathan Jacoby
- Lorna PattersonEntertainment
- Gershom SizomuReligion
- David H. SternReligion
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