Talmudical Seminary
of Bobov
Private College in Brooklyn, NY. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $22,432.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $22,432, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 98%, Talmudical Seminary of Bobov takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 235, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 94% 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 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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 31% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 515 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $1,966 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $1,852 at $0–30k, $9,344 at $110k+. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $17,036 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 · 198 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 | $1,852 |
| $30–48k | $1,965 |
| $48–75k | $6,547 |
| $75–110k | $1,900 |
| $110k+ | $9,344 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kings County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026