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Private nonprofit · Community college

American Jewish University

Los Angeles, California · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
—
Avg net price
44%
Grad / completion
$61,954
Median earnings

American Jewish University is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Los Angeles, California (large city setting), enrolling 60 undergraduates. It has a Jewish religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 60 undergradsLarge cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. The historic center of Tongva power in the region was the settlement of Yaanga (Tongva: Iyáangẚ), meaning "place of the poison oak", which would eventually be the site where the Spanish founded the Pueblo de Los Ángeles. Iyáangẚ has also been translated as "the valley of smoke". Los Angeles is often billed as the creative capital of the world because one in every six of its residents works in a creative industry and there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than any other city at any other time in world history. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub

How American Jewish University compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 31% · #278 of 382 in California

Earnings, 10 years after entry$61,954

Higher than 97% · #14 of 326 in California

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment60

Larger than 17%

Percentiles compare American Jewish University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

194students
  • Undergraduate6031%
  • Graduate13469%

Undergraduates by gender

60undergrads
  • Women3558%
  • Men2542%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White60%
  • Black1.7%
  • Hispanic23%
  • Asian5.0%
  • Other or multiracial10.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
60
Graduate enrollment
134
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
10%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
50%
Median family income
$13,489
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$125,811
Endowment
$25,527,304

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
44%
Graduated on time (4 years)
44%
First-year retention
—
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
—
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$61,954
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
10%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
48%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (424 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$57,382
Men
$30,140

Women out-earn men by $27,242 (90%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
83°F
Winter low
50°F
Annual rain
18.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Getty Ctr, CA US station (2.9 mi from campus).

What American Jewish University graduates study — and earn

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.
31 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations
2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Psychology, General
1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.