Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary

Overview

Located in Spring Valley, New York, Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 765 students.

Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 87 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 98% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Mission

Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary seeks to train students in the skills required for understanding, studying and mastering the Talmud and the considerable body of traditional Jewish thought. At the same time we are committed to the understanding that knowledge is a means to a larger end. We seek therefore to help students build a world outlook drawn from the ethical and moral concepts of Judaism. If scholarship is to have a significant value it must orient its students to a way of life that, by its own definition, is good and moral.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 1

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Admissions

Admission policy

Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students

98%

Student-to-faculty ratio

19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees

87

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

765

Undergraduates, fall 2024

765

Full-time, fall 2024

100%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

778

Full-time, 2024-25

100%

Size category

Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women

0%

Men

100%

White

100%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online

0%

Students taking some online courses

0%

Weekend or evening classes

Yes

Campus and services

Setting

Large suburb

Academic calendar

Semester

Carnegie classification

Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions

Chief Executive Officer

Jacob Unger

Services and opportunities

Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates