Private Nonprofit · Flushing, New York

Rabbinical Seminary of America

Rabbinical Seminary of America is a private nonprofit institution in Flushing, New York. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.

98.5%
Acceptance rate
$4,844
Avg net price / yr
32.6%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Rabbinical Seminary of America is open admission.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

98.5%
acceptance rate
32.6%
150%-time completion
City: Large Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Rabbinical Seminary of America profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

C
College Value Score
55/100
Rabbinical Seminary of America

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$4,844
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
32.6%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention C+
80.2%
First-year students returning for year two
Rabbinical Seminary of America vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$4,844

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

32.6%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 32.6%

Four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Rabbinical Seminary of America vs peers

Rabbinical Seminary of America positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Rabbinical Seminary of America positioned by… Carnegie Classification: Special Focus (4yr) Special Fo… COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $27K $73K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $4K $48K Avg Net Price ($) Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah: $39K earn · $11K net · 17% grad Talmudical Seminar… Metropolitan College of New York: $46K earn · $29K net · 28% grad Metropolitan Colle… Boricua College: $35K earn · $15K net · 74% grad Boricua College New York School of Interior Design: $48K earn · $45K net · 68% grad New York School of Bryant & Stratton College-Greece: $33K earn · $12K net · 16% grad Bryant & Stratton … CUNY Queens College: $63K earn · $4K net · 56% grad CUNY Queens College St. John's University-New York: $70K earn · $30K net · 67% grad Plaza College: $32K earn · $20K net · 65% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

Quick Facts

397
Undergraduate enrollment
98.5%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
32.6%
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
80.2%
First-year retention

How Rabbinical Seminary of America ranks in New York

State rank among 299 reporting New York colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Rabbinical Seminary of America State rank Percentile
Average net price $4,844 #16 of 328 95th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 32.6% #260 of 322 19th
Undergraduate enrollment 397 #194 of 367 47th

Highest former-student earnings in New York

Admissions

Admission Rate 98.5%
0%100%98.5%
Share of applicants admitted

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Rabbinical Seminary of America

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Rabbinical Seminary of America - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $10,000
Out-of-State Tuition $10,000
Average Net Price $4,844
16.4%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate

Net price at Rabbinical Seminary of America swings rather than trends

Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $5,588 to $8,378 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -29.6%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$5,588
Highest year
$8,378
Most recent (2023)
$5,900
Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $8,3782014: $5,5882015: $5,7012016: $6,7912017: $7,5332018: $6,0442019: $5,8042020: $7,3982021: $6,2192022: $7,2732023: $5,900
2013 · $8,3782023 · $5,900

Over the same years, enrollment went +40.9% (269 → 379 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Outcomes

80.2%
Retention Rate

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 32.6%
First-year retention First-time, full-time freshmen 80.2%

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Independent Scorecard matches among reporting colleges — not recommendations from the institution or a counselor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the acceptance rate at Rabbinical Seminary of America?
Rabbinical Seminary of America is a private nonprofit institution in Flushing, New York. The acceptance rate is 98.5%. Undergraduate enrollment is 397 students.
How much does Rabbinical Seminary of America cost?
The average net price at Rabbinical Seminary of America is $4,844. In-state tuition is $10,000 and out-of-state tuition is $10,000.
What is the graduation rate at Rabbinical Seminary of America?
Rabbinical Seminary of America has a 32.6% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 80.2%.

Sources & methodology

Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.

Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Rabbinical Seminary of America

Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.