Religion/Religious Studies at Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok

A Religion/Religious Studies bachelor's from Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok produces first-year earnings of $61,244—more than double the national median for this degree and substantially above New Jersey's state median of $49,021. While the debt figure of $26,160 is estimated from peer institutions (the school's graduate cohort is too small for the DOE to report), similar programs nationally carry around $25,000 in debt, suggesting this estimate is reasonable.

The 0.43 debt-to-earnings ratio reflects strong financial positioning, with graduates earning enough in their first year to make debt manageable. Religion degrees nationally tend to produce earnings around $25,450, making this program's outcome genuinely exceptional—placing it in the 95th percentile nationally. Within New Jersey, it ranks in the 60th percentile, which still represents solid performance given the state's higher cost structure. The school serves a majority low-income student population (57% Pell recipients), making these earnings outcomes particularly meaningful.

The caveat is real: without actual debt data from this specific school, there's uncertainty about what individual students owe. However, the earnings are concrete and place graduates in a far stronger position than typical religion majors. For families concerned about ROI in humanities fields, this program's track record of placing graduates into decent-paying work makes it stand apart from most religion programs nationally.