YGS

Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel

Lakewood, New Jersey Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Lakewood, New Jersey, Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 150 students in fall 2024.

Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel offers associate degrees and bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 51 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

70% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 30 to 1.

Mission

Opening its doors in 2008, Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel sought to fill this pressing need. With a mission to provide an intensive and rigorous program of classical Talmudic Studies and related fields, the yeshiva aims to educate its students in the methods and skills needed to study Talmud independently. For some students, this program will provide the necessary tools to become genuine Talmidei Chachomim (Torah scholars), who possess the ability to master many Talmudic Tractates. This will enable them to join other scholars who are solely devoted to Torah learning.

Mission statement as reported by Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel

Key figures

150

Students enrolled

70%

First-year retention

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

30:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

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Program levels

AssociateBachelor

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 AssociateBachelor 51 graduates

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students: 70%
Student-to-faculty ratio: 30:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees: 14
Associate degrees: 37

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 150
Undergraduates, fall 2024: 150
Full-time, fall 2024: 100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 157
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: Small city
Academic calendar: Semester
Carnegie classification: Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
Chief Executive Officer: Rabbi Avrohom Gellerman
Services and opportunities: Academic and career counseling