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Yeshiva Toras Chaim

Lakewood, New Jersey Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Lakewood, New Jersey, Yeshiva Toras Chaim is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 227 students in fall 2024.

Yeshiva Toras Chaim offers bachelor's degrees across 1 program, the largest being Talmudic Studies. It awarded 30 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

92% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Mission

The mission of Yeshiva Toras Chaim is: To pave the way for a lifetime of learning by providing an advanced education in Talmud, Jewish Codes of Law and Ethics and to teach each student how to learn independently. To complementarily actualize the four pillars of academic and personal growth: * Analytical skills (lomdus) * Diligence (hasmadoh) * Knowledge (yediah) * Awareness of one’s self, surroundings and reality (middos), developing students who embody the erudition, behavior and values of true Torah scholars.

Mission statement as reported by Yeshiva Toras Chaim

Key figures

227
Students enrolled
92%
First-year retention
30
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
21:1
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
92%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
30

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
227
Undergraduates, fall 2024
227
Full-time, fall 2024
92%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
238
Full-time, 2024-25
92%
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
87%
International (U.S. nonresident)
13%

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
President
Rabbi Michael Gruss
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Credit for life experience

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