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.
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
More selective than 79% · #14 most selective of 58 in Illinois
Higher than 40% · #40 of 58 in Illinois
Higher than 79%
Higher than 5% · #65 of 66 in Illinois
Cheaper than 24% · #48 cheapest of 57 in Illinois
Lower than 92%
Lower than 96%
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
- 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.
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.
$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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Ohare Intl AP, IL US station (8.9 mi from campus).
What Hebrew Theological College 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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- Admission
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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.













