Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary

Overview

Located in Brooklyn, New York, Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 593 students in fall 2024, including 399 undergraduates and 194 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Jewish.

Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary offers certificates and bachelor's degrees across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Talmudic Studies, Rabbinical Studies, and Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other. It awarded 133 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

77% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 33 to 1.

Mission

The founders of MTVRS had one motivation: to provide scholastic and moral training for young Jewish men, in a world of conflicting ideologies and kaleidescopic social change. It was the profound conviction of the men who received and executed the plans for the Mesivta that the truths and ideals revealed in the Bible, expounded upon in the Talmud, and elucidated by countless traditional commentaries, transcended the shifts of society with the veracity and vitality remaining undiminished through the ages.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 3

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

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students

77%

Student-to-faculty ratio

33:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees

70

Postbaccalaureate certificates

53

Post-master's certificates

10

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

593

Undergraduates, fall 2024

399

Graduate students, fall 2024

194

Full-time, fall 2024

100%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

645

Undergraduates, 2024-25

412

Graduate students, 2024-25

233

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%

Campus and services

Setting

Large city

Academic calendar

Semester

Religious affiliation

Jewish

Carnegie classification

Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions

Chairman Board of Director

Chaim Leshkowitz

Services and opportunities

Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates