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Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood
Keyport, New Jersey Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb
Overview
Located in Keyport, New Jersey, Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 30 students in fall 2024.
Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 10 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
33% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.
Mission
The mission of Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood is to: • Educate students in the systematic study and analysis of the Talmud and classical Talmudic commentaries; • Teach language and reasoning skills, legal research, logic and modes of rational argument; • Emphasize the moral application of Talmudic principles through the study of Mussar and ethical works; • Convey an integrated Torah perspective for meaningful and productive interaction within contemporary society; • Provide a background in Halacha with an emphasis in practical application.
Key figures
30
Students enrolled
33%
First-year retention
10
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
- Talmudic Studies Bachelor 10 graduates
Outcomes
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
- First-year retention, full-time students
- 33%
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
- Bachelor's degrees
- 10
Enrollment
- Students, fall 2024
- 30
- Undergraduates, fall 2024
- 30
- Full-time, fall 2024
- 100%
- Students over the full 2024-25 year
- 70
- 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
- 96%
- International (U.S. nonresident)
- 4%
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
- Carnegie classification
- Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
- CEO
- Rabbi Samuel Alster
- Services and opportunities
- Academic and career counseling, Credit for life experience
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