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United Talmudical Seminary

Brooklyn, New York Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

United Talmudical Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Brooklyn, New York. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,241 students. Its religious affiliation is Jewish.

United Talmudical Seminary offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 356 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 91% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Mission

The mission of the institution is to provide higher education founded on classical Jewish learning. Its curriculum emphasizes the study of Talmud and Halacha in order to prepare students for a richer, more meaningful, more intelligent and fulfilling life. It provides the specialized education that provides the intellectual capital for students who wish to become rabbinic authorities, dayanim, Talmud educators, and communal functionaries. Its goal is to carry forward the chain of Talmudic knowledge and, by enhancing it, to provide the basis for a reflective life in contemporary society.

Mission statement as reported by United Talmudical Seminary

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,241
Students enrolled
91%
First-year retention
356
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Bachelor

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.

Philosophy and Religious Studies 1

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
91%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
356

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,241
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,241
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,239
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 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
97%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%

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
Administrator
Bernard Katz
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Credit for life experience

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