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Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel

Lakewood, NJ · City · 150 students
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$15,086
Average net priceYour net price
2023-24
<30
30–48
48–75
75–110
110+
By household income — tap a bar
78%
Graduation rate
Entered fall 2017 & 2018
42% typical
—
Earnings 10 years on
$39,245 typical
54%
Acceptance rate
Applied for fall 2024
81% typical · not scored
Accredited by Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
About

Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel is an Orthodox Jewish higher-education institution in Lakewood, New Jersey, renowned for its intensive, specialized curriculum focused exclusively on advanced Talmudic research, Rabbinic literature, and Halakha (Jewish law). The student experience is rigorous and deeply devout, centered around long hours of immersive *chavrusa* (peer-paired) study and lectures within the communal *beit midrash* (study hall). Distinctively positioned within one of the world's most vibrant centers of traditional Jewish scholarship, the yeshiva fosters an analytical, single-discipline learning environment that prepares young men for rabbinic ordination, communal leadership, or a lifetime of advanced Torah study.

Location
Lakewood, NJ, 08701-3623 · City campus
✈
Nearest airport from college
EWR · Newark
42 mi away
Cost & aid
Cost of attendance
These figures are federal data and may be out of date.
YoursEveryone
Tuition & fees$10,600
Housing & food (on campus)$2,800
Books & supplies$200
Cost of attendance$22,595
Average net price$15,086
Same price for all students
Tuition & fees$10,600
Housing & food (on campus)$2,800
Books & supplies$200
Cost of attendance$22,595
Average net price$15,086
Net price by family income · 2023-24
$0–30k
$14,582
$30–48k
$14,996
$48–75k
$15,590
$75–110k
$15,265
Outcomes
Completion
Within 6 yrs
78%
Entered 2017–18
Within 4 yrs
11%
Back for yr 2
70%
Transferred
20%
8 yrs after starting · first-time, full-time students
61% graduated · 39% transferred · none still enrolled or left or unknown
Green marks a figure above the typical Special focus — faith-related: 42% graduate within 6 yrs.
Admissions
Getting in · applied for fall 2024
Admit rate
54%
Test policy
Not required
Per College Scorecard

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Essay prompts

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Student Body
Gender
Men 100%Women 0%
Who enrolls
Faculty ratio
30 : 1
Pell grant
53%
Family income
$39,392
Age at entry
19.0
Part-time
0%
Race & ethnicity
White
95%
Non-resident
5%
Varsity sports

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Institutional
Resources
Faculty salary
$5,792/mo
Teaching spend
$9,669
per student
Federal loans
0%
Classification
Carnegie type
Special focus — faith-related
Undergraduate profile
Four-year, more selective admissions

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