Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim

Overview

Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Lakewood, New Jersey. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 96 students.

Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 3 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

87% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Mission

The mission of Rabbinical Seminary M’kor Chaim is to engender students with a love for learning and a derech in lomdus based on the analytic methods of Rav Chaim Brisker as transmitted by Rav Binyomin Paler ztz”l, while molding them into true bnei Torah.

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.

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students

87%

Student-to-faculty ratio

19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees

3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

96

Undergraduates, fall 2024

96

Full-time, fall 2024

100%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

105

Full-time, 2024-25

100%

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 suburb

Academic calendar

Semester

President/Chancellor/CEO

Mr. Benjamin Lederer

Services and opportunities

Academic and career counseling