Yeshiva University Overview

Yeshiva University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in New York, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Yeshiva University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Yeshiva since the student to facuty ratio is 7 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Yeshiva is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Yeshiva.
• In 2019-2020, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Yeshiva bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $64,628 a year. That's about 58% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Yeshiva to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Yeshiva University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Yeshiva.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Philosophy & Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#42	Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#96	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#108	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#140	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Yeshiva has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#15	Best Social Work Schools	College Factual
#15	Best Social Work Schools	College Factual
#25	Best Healthcare Schools	Healthcare Degree Search
#30	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#120	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#169	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Yeshiva University?

Contact details for Yeshiva are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 W 185Th St, New York, NY 10033-3299
Phone:	212-960-5400
Website:	www.yu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/YeshivaUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/YUNews

How Do I Get Into Yeshiva?

You can apply to Yeshiva online at: yu.edu/admissions/apply/application-process/

Admission Requirements for Yeshiva

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Yeshiva?

With an acceptance rate of 67%, Yeshiva does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 44% of students accepted to Yeshiva submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 700. Math scores were between 550 and 710.

Yeshiva received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 24 and 31.

Can I Afford Yeshiva University?

The overall average net price of Yeshiva is $42,301. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Yeshiva, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $7,544 a year. That adds up to $30,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Yeshiva is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Yeshiva University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,840 undergraduate students at Yeshiva, with 2,553 being full-time and 287 being part-time.

There are also 2,684 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,553 full-time undergraduates at Yeshiva, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Yeshiva University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	2,001
International Students	174
Other Races/Ethnicities	368

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Yeshiva University. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 64 countries are represented at Yeshiva. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Israel.

Online Learning at Yeshiva University

In 2019-2020, 995 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Yeshiva has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Yeshiva

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Yeshiva University was $46,475 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Yeshiva is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Legal Research	#22	#22
Legal Professions	#34	#34
Other Education	#70	#70

Online Growth Rankings of Yeshiva

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Yeshiva University was 80.8%. This is the #485 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Yeshiva regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Yeshiva ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Yeshiva.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Legal Research	#22
Legal Professions	#40

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Yeshiva University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Religious Studies	519	20	0	5	3	547
Law	0	0	0	0	324	324
Social Work	0	0	41	231	10	282
Business Administration & Management	18	153	0	5	0	176
General Psychology	0	68	0	33	0	101
General Biology	0	89	0	0	0	89
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	22	49	71
Accounting	0	59	0	5	0	64
Communication Sciences	0	15	0	38	0	53
Other Education	0	0	0	44	8	52
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	0	41	0	41
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	35	0	0	0	35
Computer Information Systems	0	26	0	0	0	26
Mathematics	0	15	0	8	1	24
Political Science & Government	0	24	0	0	0	24
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	19	0	4	0	23
Economics	0	16	0	7	0	23
Marketing	0	0	0	19	0	19
Information Science	0	0	0	19	0	19
Taxation	0	0	0	15	0	15
Writing Studies	0	12	0	0	0	12
Music	0	12	0	0	0	12
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	11	0	0	0	11
Information Technology	0	0	0	10	0	10
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	10	0	10
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	8	0	8
History	0	8	0	0	0	8
Physics	0	6	0	2	0	8
Legal Research	0	0	0	6	0	6
Sociology	0	6	0	0	0	6
General English Literature	0	5	0	0	0	5
Dispute Resolution	0	0	1	4	0	5
Gerontology	0	0	5	0	0	5
Philosophy	0	4	0	0	0	4
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	3	0	3
Literature	0	2	0	0	0	2
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	0	2	0	2
General Engineering	0	1	0	0	0	1
Biblical Studies	0	0	0	1	0	1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Genetics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medicine	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Physical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	537	606	47	542	395	2,127

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.