Yeshiva University
New York, NY
U.S. News 2026 National Universities rank: #84
Yeshiva University is a private Modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York City, founded in 1886, whose undergraduate program is built around a dual curriculum that pairs Jewish studies with a standard liberal-arts and sciences course of study. Undergraduate instruction is organized into separate single-sex colleges: Yeshiva College for men, based at the Wilf Campus in Washington Heights, and Stern College for Women, based at the Beren Campus in Murray Hill; a coeducational business program, the Sy Syms School of Business, operates on both campuses. Men typically begin the day with religious studies before moving to secular coursework, and many students spend a first year studying at a yeshiva or seminary in Israel through the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program before enrolling in New York. Class sizes are small, with a student-to-faculty ratio near 7 to 1, and popular fields include biology, psychology, accounting, and finance, reflecting strong placement into medical, dental, law, and business graduate programs. Athletic teams, the Maccabees, compete in NCAA Division III's Skyline Conference. The university fits students who want a rigorous, religiously observant campus culture alongside conventional pre-professional training, rather than a large, secular, coeducational campus experience.
Key figures
- Acceptance Rate (Overall): 55.6%
- Average Net Price (Federal Aid Recipients): $49,965
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 83.2%
- Median Starting Salary: $63,441
- Total Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,852
- SAT Middle 50% (composite midpoint): 1426
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6.7