Private nonprofit · College

Hebrew Theological College

Skokie, Illinois · Small city

57.1%
Admit rate
$26,861
Avg net price
50%
Graduation rate
$33,291
Median earnings

Hebrew Theological College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Skokie, Illinois (small city setting), enrolling 90 undergraduates. It has a Jewish religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 90 undergradsSmall citySelective · 57% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Skokie, Illinois

Skokie is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. About 1910, the spelling was Americanized to "Niles Center". However, the name caused postal confusion with the neighboring village of Niles. A village-renaming campaign began in the 1930s. Westfield Old Orchard, an upscale shopping center, is one of the country's first and is the third largest mall by total square footage in Illinois. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
11 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore
5 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub

How Hebrew Theological College compares

Selectivity57.1%

More selective than 79% · #14 most selective of 58 in Illinois

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 40% · #40 of 58 in Illinois

First-year retention86%

Higher than 79%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,291

Higher than 5% · #65 of 66 in Illinois

Average net price$26,861

Cheaper than 24% · #48 cheapest of 57 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$14,000

Lower than 92%

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 96%

Undergraduate enrollment90

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Hebrew Theological College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

90undergrads
  • Women5561%
  • Men3539%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White88%
  • Black1.1%
  • Hispanic1.1%
  • 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
90
Student–faculty ratio
5 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
13%
First-generation students
Students over 25
6%
Median family income
$39,414
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$38,493
Endowment
$1,142,303

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

Admissions

Admission rate
57.1%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$15,150
Room & board
$15,000
Books & supplies
$2,024
Total cost of attendance
$35,559
Average net price
$26,861

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
50%
Graduated on time (4 years)
47%
First-year retention
86%
Transferred to another college
26%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$32,793
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$33,291
Median debt at graduation
$14,000
Students with federal loans
10%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
81%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
120
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
100%+
Application fee
$100

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%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$21,396
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+
$35,059

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$87,272

$21,396/year × about 4.1 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$33,291
Typical debt at graduation
$14,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
42%
Out-earn a HS grad
40%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$32,235
Men
$71,920

Men out-earn women by $39,685 (123%) 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
84°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
37.9″
Annual snow
38.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Ohare Intl AP, IL US station (8.9 mi from campus).

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.