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Gratz College

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Gratz College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 449 students in fall 2024, including 200 undergraduates and 249 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Jewish.

Gratz College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 15 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Jewish/Judaic Studies, Education, General, and Holocaust and Related Studies. It awarded 157 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 11 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Mission

Gratz College advances both education and applied Jewish wisdom for the benefit of a diverse student population, the Jewish community, and all people. The College achieves this mission through accredited degree programs, scholarship, and public engagement.

Mission statement as reported by Gratz College

Key figures

449
Students enrolled
157
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
15
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 15

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Education 4
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Psychology 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Health Professions 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
52
Master's degrees
74
Doctoral degrees (research)
26
Postbaccalaureate certificates
5

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
449
Undergraduates, fall 2024
200
Graduate students, fall 2024
249
Full-time, fall 2024
28%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
828
Undergraduates, 2024-25
349
Graduate students, 2024-25
479
Full-time, 2024-25
26%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
83%
Men
17%
White
81%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
2%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
11
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
60%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Jewish
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
President
Zev Eleff, Ph.D.
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience

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