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Derech Hachaim Seminary

Monroe, New York Private nonprofit 2-year Small city

Overview

Derech Hachaim Seminary is a private nonprofit two-year institution in Monroe, New York. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 300 students in fall 2024.

Derech Hachaim Seminary offers certificates across 2 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other and Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other. It awarded 294 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

99% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 50 to 1.

Mission

Derech L’Chaim Seminary (DHS) is the Satmar chassidic community’s leading institution of Jewish higher education for women, dedicated to strengthening students’ commitment to practicing and perpetuating the Torah’s teachings and the Satmar chassidic legacy. The seminary’s mission is to provide women with a derech l’chaim, a clear path for leading lives as formal or informal educators in the Satmar community and taking their lessons with them into and out of the workplace. This is accomplished by providing a well rounded curriculum, which includes comprehensive studies of the Jewish Bible, Jewish law and philosophy, and a strong focus on Satmar ideology.

Mission statement as reported by Derech Hachaim Seminary

Key figures

300
Students enrolled
99%
First-year retention
294
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
2
Programs and majors
50:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 2

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

Education 2

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
99%
Student-to-faculty ratio
50:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
215
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
79

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
300
Undergraduates, fall 2024
300
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
300
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
100%
Men
0%
White
100%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
CEO
Mr. Shlomo Weiss
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling

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