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Yeshiva University
500 W 185th St
New York, NY 10033-3299		 General information
 (212) 960-5400

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Associate degrees, Bachelor degrees, Masters degrees, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificates, Doctor's degrees, First-Professional degrees
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students: 6,358 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 50

Mission
The University's guiding vision is the confidence that the best of the heritage of contemporary civilization—the liberal arts and sciences—is compatible with the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life. On the undergraduate level, this belief is embodied in the dual curriculum under which students pursue a full program of Jewish studies while taking college programs in the liberal arts and sciences and business and receiving specialized preparation for advanced work in a discipline or profession. On the graduate level, this special mission is embodied in emphasis on the moral dimensions of the search for knowledge and the ethical principles that govern professional practitioners. Yeshiva University also is committed to the love of learning for its own sake (known in Jewish tradition as Torah Lishmah) and to teaching and research that stress a striving for excellence. A third goal of the University is to serve the general and Jewish communities of the city, the nation, and the world by preparing well-trained professionals in many fields and providing pioneering resources for community service.
 
About this School
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. Yeshiva's endowment is just over 1 billion dollars (see List of US colleges and universities by endowment: #46). In 2001, undergraduate enrollment was approximately 2,600. The undergraduate programs operate according to the Modern Orthodox Judaism philosophy of Torah U'Madda - implying "Torah combined with secular studies". It is regularly listed among the Top 50 national universities in US News and World Report.
 
History
Yeshivat Etz Chaim, a cheder-style elementary school, was founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1886. It was the first yeshiva in America and had few secular studies in its curriculum. In 1896, to provide a school for Etz Chaim graduates, Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan (RIETS) (chartered in 1897 as the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) was founded. The school was named for a great Torah scholar from Kovno by the name of Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor who died that same year. The two schools were always close, and they merged in 1915, first as the Rabbinical College of America, but then reverting to the RIETS name; the elementary division was phased out over the course of the 1920's as other schools opened. The first president of the newly-merged school was Rabbi Bernard (Dov) Revel. In 1916, he founded the first dual curriculum high school - the Talmudic Academy (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MSTA), blazing a path to what has become the norm in Orthodox Jewish circles. Yeshiva College was founded in 1928 as an expansion to stem the tide of TA graduates to secular colleges. Later that year, Yeshiva moved to its current location in Washington Heights. (The alternative location was in Morningside Heights, near the current location of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University.) Yeshiva attained university status in 1946, under its second president, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin. Over the following decades, new schools were opened, including a women's college and a medical school. In 1970, Yeshiva revised its charter to become a secular university, changing the status of RIETS (the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) and its high schools to "affiliates", despite vigorous student and faculty protest. Over the years there has been a growing unrest at Yeshiva. With a large portion of Modern Orthodoxy moving to the right there has been a significant divide in the student body at YU. Many of the Hanhola themselves have fought vigorously against the thesis of Torah U'madda and certainly with the way it has been implemented in the college. In fact, six years ago leading Roshei Yeshiva Rabbi's Parnes and Bronspiegal left YU to form the fast growing Lander College for Men. The difference between Lander College and Yeshiva University is that YU espouses a philosphy of Torah UMadda while Lander College espouses one of Torah UParnassah. In 2002, Yeshiva again broke with tradition by appointing a layman (someone who is not an ordained rabbi), Richard M. Joel, as its fourth president, again over student and faculty protest. Yeshiva currently has over a dozen affiliated schools. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, who served as the university's third president, now serves in the dual position of Chancellor of the University and Rosh HaYeshiva ("head of the yeshiva") of RIETS.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 32,094$ 30,560$ 28,200
Out of State$ 32,094$ 30,560$ 28,200
Books and Supplies$ 1,100$ 1,100$ 1,100
On-Campus
Room and board$ 9,880$ 9,410$ 8,670
Other Expenses$ 1,125$ 1,125$ 1,125
Off Campus
Room and board$ 9,280$ 6,525$ 6,525
Other Expenses$ 5,351$ 2,925$ 2,925
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$ 7,650$ 2,925$ 2,925

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 10% $ 4,274
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 11% $ 2,606
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 52% $ 17,494
Loans to students 34% $ 6,527
 
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