Yeshiva University
  • Yeshiva University

  • Country: United States
  • Type: Education
  • Website: www.yu.edu
  • Update: 05-02

Yeshiva University (Yeshiva University) is a private institution founded in 1886. The total undergraduate enrollment is 2,319 (Fall 2023) on a 300-acre campus. The university operates on a semester-based academic calendar. Yeshiva University is ranked #98 in National Universities in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges. Tuition and fees are $51,800.

Yeshiva University is a Jewish institution in New York City. The university is organized into three undergraduate colleges: Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and the Symmes School of Business, which are located on separate campuses in Manhattan. A shuttle bus system transports students between the campuses. The University also has a campus in Israel, where more than 600 students study each year through the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program. All new students are required to live on campus. There are hundreds of student organizations on campus, ranging from the Computer Science Club to the Student Campaign for Holocaust Education, and Yeshiva Maccabees athletic teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III tournament. The school has a Center for the Jewish Future, which sponsors programs such as YU Torah Online. Students regularly attend Shabbat events on and off campus, including guest speakers, social events and potlucks. Each campus has student publications, including the newspapers The Critic and The Observer.

Highly regarded for its top-ranked research opportunities at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University also has a law school. The university offers a number of graduate programs dedicated to the Jewish faith through the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, which offers master's degrees in areas such as medieval Jewish history and Jewish philosophy.

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