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After Beth Medrash Govoha: graduation, pay and debt

Lakewood, New Jersey · Private · 4,027 undergrads

The typical student earns $55,459 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$55.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$5,500
median federal debt at graduation.
64%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,401
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$55,459
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
33%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
64%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
68%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
77%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard, earlier release
6.2%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers