Be'er Yaakov
Talmudic Seminary
Private College in Spring Valley, NY. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $17,360.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $17,360, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Completion is middling: 59% finish inside six years. 98% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 679 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,542 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,122 at $0–30k, $7,171 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $17,129 on average.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 174 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $4,122 |
| $30–48k | $4,292 |
| $48–75k | $5,610 |
| $75–110k | $7,171 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rockland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026