Private nonprofit · College

Beth Medrash Govoha

Lakewood, New Jersey · Small city

Admit rate
Avg net price
Graduation rate
$47,544
Median earnings

Beth Medrash Govoha is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Lakewood, New Jersey (small city setting), enrolling 4,027 undergraduates. It is a men's college.

Private nonprofitMidsize · 4,027 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Lakewood, New Jersey

Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The earliest documented European settlement of the present Lakewood area was by operators of sawmills, from about 1750 forward. One such sawmill—located at the east end of the present Lake Carasaljo—was known as Three Partners Mill from at least 1789 until at least 1814. The Strand Theater, established in 1922, was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
44 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean
8 miles
Nearest airport
34 miles to Trenton Mercer (TTN)

How Beth Medrash Govoha compares

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,544

Higher than 31% · #32 of 38 in New Jersey

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 14%

Undergraduate enrollment4,027

Larger than 74%

Percentiles compare Beth Medrash Govoha with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

9,657students
  • Undergraduate4,02742%
  • Graduate5,63058%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White98%
  • Other or multiracial1.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,027
Graduate enrollment
5,630
Student–faculty ratio
19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
74%
First-generation students
31%
Students over 25
43%
Median family income
$16,524
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$82,458
Endowment
$14,210,278

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

Outcomes

Graduated
First-year retention
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$40,300
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$47,544
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
48%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

First-generation
36%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
1,782
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
44%
Application fee
$175

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)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (9,657 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$47,544
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
32%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
52″
Annual snow
23.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toms River, NJ US station (10.1 mi from campus).

What Beth Medrash Govoha graduates study — and earn

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.