College · Private nonprofit · Brooklyn, NY · City
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary
Brooklyn, NY
Men-onlyReligious affiliation
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay$17k
Net price / yr$5k
Undergrad size399
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $5k/yr for a shot at a $17k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
399 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 $22k/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$87k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$20k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$68k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.2k
- Room & board
- $6.0k
- Books & supplies
- $200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants59%
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 retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$17k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
Transfer out33%
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
- 399
- 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 Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
Identity
Men-onlyReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students41%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$13k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 2
What you can study.