Ner Israel Rabbinical College
Acceptance rate
65.7%
2025
Peer median 81.8%
Tuition per year
$10,600
$16,600 with room and board
Peer median $11,500
Undergraduates
280
Student-faculty ratio 20:1
Peer median 12 : 1
Graduation rate
22.9%
4-year; 6-year rate 42.9%
Peer median 5.7%
“Peers” are all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 4-year
- Location
- Pikesville, Maryland
- Website
- nirc.edu
- Undergraduates
- 280
- Student-faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Suburb of a large city
- Nearest major city
- Baltimore, about 10 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), about 15 mi
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Jewish
- President
- Boruch Neuberger (CEO)
- Phone
- 4104847200
- City
- Pikesville, Maryland
- Address
- 400 Mount Wilson Ln, Pikesville, MD 21208
Rankings & Admission
Peer median 81.8% · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Test Scores
SAT/ACT not considered, even if submitted IPEDS (US Department of Education) has no recent SAT/ACT data for admitted students here. GPA, course rigor, essays and activities matter more.
How Hard Is It to Get In
about 7 in 10
99 applicants in 2025, 65.7% admitted
65 admitted 34 not admitted Yield 78.5%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Popular graduate programs
- Talmudic Studies · Master's26 (12% international)
- Rabbinical Studies · Doctoral3 (0% international)
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
**Move mouse on can check deitaled graudates number, click for major detailed information
***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master | Doctor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmudic Studies. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master | Doctor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbinical Studies. | - |
Students
449 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 100:0 · Freshman retention 80.5%
- Continuing undergraduates 180
- First-year undergraduates 51
- Graduate students 169
- Transfers and others 49
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (280)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
35 in 2025 · 7.7% in 2016
7 in 2025 · 3.7% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$16,600
- Undergraduate tuition
- $10,600
- Room and board
- $6,000
- Graduate tuition
- $10,600
Peer median tuition + room and board $18,400 · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Tuition rose -3% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose -9%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$15.0M
Expenses$10.6M
Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)
Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore · 8.1 mi
U.S. News #9
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University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park · 29.5 mi
U.S. News #49
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St. John's College (MD)Annapolis · 31.4 mi
Liberal Arts #81
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United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis · 31.7 mi
Liberal Arts #3
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Howard UniversityWashington · 35.2 mi
U.S. News #73
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George Washington UniversityWashington · 37.3 mi
U.S. News #59
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Georgetown UniversityWashington · 37.3 mi
U.S. News #23
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Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg · 40.3 mi
Liberal Arts #54
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Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster · 51.1 mi
Liberal Arts #34
Peer median 0.0 · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Ner Israel Rabbinical College include Pinchas Goldschmidt (Former Chief Rabbi of Moscow), Nahum Rabinovitch (Religious Zionist rabbi) and Shmuel Kamenetsky (Rabbi, co-founder of Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia).
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Pinchas Goldschmidt 1963–
Former Chief Rabbi of Moscow
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Nahum Rabinovitch 1928–2020
Religious Zionist rabbi
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Shmuel Kamenetsky 1924–
Rabbi, co-founder of Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
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Dov Lipman 1971–
Rabbi and former Knesset member
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Hershey Friedman 1950–
Canadian billionaire businessman
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Simcha Leiner 1989–
Singer and composer in contemporary Jewish religious music
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Moshe Sherer 1921–1998
Rabbi, chairman of Agudath Israel of America
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Noah Weinberg 1930–2009
Orthodox rabbi, founder of Aish HaTorah
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Yehuda Gerami 1983–
Chief Rabbi of Iran
More alumni (2, by field)
Other fields
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Nota Schiller 1937–2025
Israeli rabbi and head of Yeshivat Ohr Somayach
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Aharon Feldman 1932–
Rabbi and dean of Ner Israel Rabbinical College
From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.