Private nonprofit · Community college

Merkaz Bnos-Business School

Brooklyn, New York · Large city

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Transfer rate: $31,786
Avg net price: 99%
Grad / completion: $27,249
Median earnings

Merkaz Bnos-Business School is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Brooklyn, New York (large city setting), enrolling 110 undergraduates. It has a Jewish religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 110 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, is the most populous of the five boroughs and counties in New York City, United States. The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years. Brooklyn has played a major role in various aspects of American culture, including literature, cinema, and theater. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How Merkaz Bnos-Business School compares

Graduation rate99%

Higher than 96% · #20 of 185 in New York

First-year retention73%

Higher than 50%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,249

Higher than 25% · #123 of 148 in New York

Average net price$31,786

Cheaper than 6% · #154 cheapest of 175 in New York

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment110

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare Merkaz Bnos-Business School 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 New York.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women10293%
Men87%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White40%
Asian60%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 110
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 100%
First-generation students: 63%
Students over 25: 95%
Median family income: $15,227

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $31,786

Outcomes

Graduated: 99%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,058
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,249
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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

$31,458

$30–48k

$32,539

$48–75k

$33,592

$75–110k

$33,940

$110k+

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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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Merkaz Bnos-Business School funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $27,249
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 21%

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$28,628

Men

$17,841

Women out-earn men by $10,787 (60%) 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: 85°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 47.1″
Annual snow: 24.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, NY Ave V Brooklyn, NY US station (1 mi from campus).

What Merkaz Bnos-Business School graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative Services

37 grads$27k 1 yr$33k 5 yr— debt

37$26,991$33,253—Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other

0 grads— 1 yr$25k 5 yr— debt

0—$25,426—

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.