College · Private nonprofit · Brooklyn, NY · City
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz
Brooklyn, NY
Men-only
Admit rate87%
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size863
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 87% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
863 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $30k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$119k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$86k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$33k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.4k
- Room & board
- $3.6k
- Books & supplies
- $300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants64%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr5%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out15%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 863
- Location
- Brooklyn, 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 · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association of Institutions of Jewish Studies
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students27%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$36k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.