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Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit

Oak Park, Michigan Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Oak Park, Michigan, Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 75 students.

Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 18 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

96% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Mission

The goal of the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit is to develop the ben Torah (Torah scholar) - a scholar who appreciates and understands the concepts embodied within the Jewish Written Law (scriptures), as well as those expounded upon in the Oral Law (the Talmud and its commentaries). Additionally, the Yeshiva Gedolah trains students to think independently by conceptualizing many passages together, with his own abilities to comprehend the various texts as they are presented. Most important to the ben Torah is the study of mussar, personal ethics, and the development of the human spirit. This is fundamental to the growth of any student who pursues his studies within this school.

Mission statement as reported by Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit

Key figures

75
Students enrolled
96%
First-year retention
18
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
13:1
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

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
96%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
18

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
75
Undergraduates, fall 2024
75
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
76
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 suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
Administrator
Rabbi Peretz Rushnawitz
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling

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