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Most Popular Schools for Talmudic Studies Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals for advanced Talmudic scholarship and research and for entry into a program leading to ordination as Rabbis; students are also qualified to enter conventional graduate and professional schools. Includes instruction in Jewish Law and Jurisprudence, Philosophy, and Ethics, in addition to a major emphasis on Talmud.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Beth Medrash Govoha 1,218 100% N/A
2 Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel 384 100% $22,600
3 United Talmudical Seminary 310 100% $21,655
4 Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz 155 100% $15,200
5 Seminary Bnos Chaim 119 100% $20,665
6 Talmudical Seminary of Bobov 117 100% $17,700
7 Ner Israel Rabbinical College 88 100% $23,250
8 Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary 66 100% $7,550
9 Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary 60 100% $18,070
10 Yeshivath Zichron Moshe 57 100% $21,600
11 Women's Institute of Torah Seminary 56 100% $10,050
12 Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas 55 100% $26,130
13 Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin 54 100% $19,450
14 Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion 53 82% $16,050
15 Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary 53 83% $19,860
16 Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel 38 100% $14,800
17 Rabbinical College of Long Island 37 100% $17,700
18 Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary 35 100% $26,600
19 Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer 32 100% $19,960
20 Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah 26 100% $14,150
21 Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland 24 100% $20,100
22 Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel 23 100% $14,900
23 Yeshivas Emek Hatorah 22 100% $11,150
24 Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni 22 100% $19,700
25 Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid 21 100% $18,000
26 Yeshiva Karlin Stolin 20 100% $20,000
27 Yeshivas Maharit D'Satmar 20 100% $19,420
28 Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute 18 100% $20,612
29 Rabbinical College of America 17 100% $23,000
30 Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia 17 100% $19,600
31 Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah 16 100% $19,830
32 Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary 15 100% $14,225
33 Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary 15 100% $18,550
34 Bais Medrash Toras Chesed 14 100% $11,300
35 Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood 14 100% $14,850
36 Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel 14 100% $14,850
37 Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech 13 100% $17,850
38 Yeshiva Derech Chaim 13 100% $19,900
39 Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College 13 100% $15,500
40 Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph 12 100% N/A
41 Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore 12 100% $22,100
42 Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah 11 100% $17,710
43 Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim 11 100% $22,560
44 Hebrew Theological College 11 27% $32,194
45 Yeshiva Toras Chaim 11 100% $21,650
46 Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok 9 100% $20,000
47 Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah 9 100% $19,300
48 Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yisrael 9 100% $16,600
49 Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah 9 100% $21,500
50 Bais Binyomin Academy 9 100% $18,050
51 Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah 8 100% $19,800
52 Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit 8 100% $15,000
53 Bais Medrash Elyon 8 100% $15,400
54 Beth Medrash of Asbury Park 8 100% $18,940
55 Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College 7 100% $15,800
56 Rabbi Jacob Joseph School 6 100% $19,200
57 Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute 6 100% $17,500
58 Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh 6 100% $18,250
59 Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary 5 100% $22,250
60 Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli 5 100% $18,200
61 Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah 5 100% $16,650
62 Talmudical Academy-New Jersey 4 100% $20,700
63 Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok 4 100% $20,150
64 Yeshiva University 3 0% $62,075
65 Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah 3 100% $18,380
66 Yeshivath Beth Moshe 3 100% $17,100
67 Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America 3 100% $16,500
68 Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma 2 100% $16,750
69 Yeshiva Bais Aharon 2 100% $15,175
70 Yeshiva Sholom Shachna 2 100% $19,450
71 Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch 1 100% $15,300
72 Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York 1 100% $14,550
73 Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago 1 100% $17,500
74 Beth Hatalmud Rabbinical College 1 100% $9,100

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Talmudic Studies program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.