Rabbinical Seminary
of America
Private College in Flushing, NY. Six-year graduation rate 30%.
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Admissions
Rabbinical Seminary of America admits 98% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 129 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 98% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. 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. The 36:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 379 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,125 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($0 versus $5,425), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 82% of students at an average of $10,432.
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 · 101 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 | $0 |
| $30–48k | $3,900 |
| $48–75k | $4,585 |
| $75–110k | $7,567 |
| $110k+ | $5,425 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026