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Career OutcomesAzimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #112 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #169 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #7 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. Beth Medrash Govoha's composite standing reflects a distinctive institutional profile anchored in Philosophy — a program family where outcomes are shaped by graduate and professional pathways rather than immediate labor-market earnings. The institution's mobility and access rankings capture how students from this community progress through and beyond their degrees, a signal that complements the earnings picture for prospective students weighing long-term trajectory.
Azimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #112 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. A private university in Lakewood, NJ, Beth Medrash Govoha enrolls roughly 4,027 undergraduates. The institution's academic focus centers on Philosophy, giving it a distinctive curricular identity among nonprofit four-year institutions. Where Beth Medrash Govoha performs strongest is return on investment. Azimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #389 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn median earnings four years after enrollment of $53,524, compared with a $67,139 median at comparable institutions. That gap between graduate earnings and the peer median reflects a concentrated program portfolio that channels students into career paths with consistent financial outcomes. The composite is shaped by variation across pillars. Beth Medrash Govoha sits in the 88.6 percentile for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions and in the 99.6 percentile for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. 74.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 30.8% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the institution's specific community and mission rather than a broad-access admissions posture. For students aligned with Beth Medrash Govoha's focused academic model, the combination of strong return on investment and a tight curricular identity creates a profile unlike most institutions in the Azimuth coverage set.
Pricing and aid information for Beth Medrash Govoha is not reported in a form that allows income-band net price comparisons across the standard low-, middle-, and higher-income family tiers. Because the institution's financial aid structure falls outside the conventional reporting framework used by most nonprofit four-year colleges, families should contact the institution directly to understand what costs and any available assistance would look like for their household. Debt levels among graduates who borrow are worth noting in context. Peer institutions in the Azimuth coverage set carry a median federal student loan balance of $24,250 at graduation, which provides a rough reference point for families thinking about borrowing. Because Beth Medrash Govoha draws students into a specialized course of study centered on religious and philosophical learning, the earnings trajectory after enrollment differs from institutions with broad occupational program mixes. A typical earnings scenario four years after enrollment projects to $53,524; a downside scenario anchored on lower-earning program clusters projects to $59,036, and an upside scenario projects to $59,036. These scenarios reflect the institution's actual program mix rather than institution-wide percentile bands, and families should weigh them against expected borrowing before making enrollment decisions. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including any Parent PLUS planning — use Azimuth's Financial GPS tool.
Beth Medrash Govoha is a private university in Lakewood, NJ, with a program portfolio centered on Philosophy — a fit for students whose academic and religious commitments align with that focus rather than students seeking a broad, career-diversified curriculum. The institution serves a student body where 74.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 30.8% are first-generation, reflecting meaningful access for lower-income and first-generation families within its specific community context. Graduates earn median $53,524 four years after enrollment, placing Beth Medrash Govoha in the 13.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions; fit depends on whether a student's goals align with the institution's religious and scholarly mission rather than conventional career-earnings benchmarks.
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Religion/Religious Studies
463 graduates
Beth Medrash Govoha's academic portfolio is concentrated in a single field: Philosophy. The institution offers 1 program serving roughly 463 students annually — a focused, boutique structure that reflects the school's specialized mission rather than the broad program diversity typical of larger universities.
Religion/Religious Studies is the sole ranked program, graduating 463 students with median earnings of $59,036 four years after enrollment. Azimuth ranks the program #2 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Because the entire student body flows through this single pathway, institution-level outcomes and program-level outcomes are effectively identical — the program is the institution's academic and economic identity. The single-program structure means prospective students should weigh fit carefully: outcomes here reflect one field of study, not a diversified portfolio of majors.
Students drawn to Philosophy as a discipline will find a deeply specialized environment, though the earnings trajectory four years out should be evaluated alongside longer-term career patterns in this field, where graduate study and religious scholarship often shape professional pathways beyond what early-career figures capture.
Pricing and aid information for Beth Medrash Govoha is not reported in a form that allows income-band net price comparisons across the standard low-, middle-, and higher-income family tiers. Because the institution's financial aid structure falls outside the conventional reporting framework used by most nonprofit four-year colleges, families should contact the institution directly to understand what costs and any available assistance would look like for their household.
Debt levels among graduates who borrow are worth noting in context. Peer institutions in the Azimuth coverage set carry a median federal student loan balance of $24,250 at graduation, which provides a rough reference point for families thinking about borrowing.
Because Beth Medrash Govoha draws students into a specialized course of study centered on religious and philosophical learning, the earnings trajectory after enrollment differs from institutions with broad occupational program mixes. A typical earnings scenario four years after enrollment projects to $53,524; a downside scenario anchored on lower-earning program clusters projects to $59,036, and an upside scenario projects to $59,036.
These scenarios reflect the institution's actual program mix rather than institution-wide percentile bands, and families should weigh them against expected borrowing before making enrollment decisions. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios — including any Parent PLUS planning — use [Azimuth's Financial GPS tool](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/).
Graduates of Beth Medrash Govoha earn median earnings of $53,524 four years after enrollment, placing Beth Medrash Govoha in the 13.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure sits below the $67,139 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band).
Graduates earn about the same as similar students at comparable institutions, and Azimuth ranks Beth Medrash Govoha #389 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Those figures still represent lifetime returns relative to NJ's no-degree-equivalent earnings baseline — the state median earnings of working adults of typical early-career age with only a high school credential.
Because Beth Medrash Govoha's degree output is concentrated almost entirely in Philosophy, the program-level story and the institution-level story are effectively the same. Religion/Religious Studies is both the largest and highest-earning program, graduating 463 students with median earnings of $59,036 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/).
The narrow program portfolio means that graduate outcomes at Beth Medrash Govoha are unusually uniform — virtually every student follows the same academic pathway, and earnings variation across the student body reflects individual career choices within that single field rather than differences in major selection.
