College · Private nonprofit · Spring Valley, NY · Suburb
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary
Spring Valley, NY
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$27k
Net price / yr$5k
Undergrad size765
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $5k/yr for a shot at a $27k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
765 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $20k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $5k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$79k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$18k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$61k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $12.3k
- Room & board
- $3.4k
- Books & supplies
- $250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants92%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention98%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr59%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$27k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$17k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 765
- Location
- Spring Valley, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.