Bais Medrash Elyon
Acceptance rate
37.5%
2025
Peer median 81.8%
Tuition per year
$8,600
$11,400 with room and board
Peer median $11,500
Undergraduates
61
Student-faculty ratio 10:1
Peer median 12 : 1
“Peers” are all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 4-year
- Location
- Monsey, New York
- Website
- baismedroshelyon.com
- Undergraduates
- 61
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Suburb of a large city
- Nearest major city
- New York, about 30 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), about 30 mi
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Rabbi Israel Falk (CEO)
- Phone
- 8453712481
- Address
- 73 Main Street, Monsey, NY 10952
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 4 in 10
32 applicants in 2025, 37.5% admitted
12 admitted 20 not admitted Yield 66.7%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
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***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under |
|---|---|---|
| Talmudic Studies. | - |
Students
61 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 100:0 · Freshman retention 75.0%
- Continuing undergraduates 49
- First-year undergraduates 8
- Transfers and others 4
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (61)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
0 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2016
0 in 2024 · 0.0% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$11,400
- Undergraduate tuition
- $8,600
- Room and board
- $2,800
Peer median tuition + room and board $18,400 · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Tuition rose 0% from 2016 to 2025.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$1.4M
Expenses$1.7M
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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The United States Military Academy at West PointWest Point · 19.9 mi
Liberal Arts #9
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Barnard CollegeNew York · 21.7 mi
Liberal Arts #19
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Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York · 21.9 mi
U.S. News #12
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Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken · 25.6 mi
U.S. News #59
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Rutgers University-NewarkNewark · 26.5 mi
U.S. News #73
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New York UniversityNew York · 26.8 mi
U.S. News #31
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Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie · 40.6 mi
Liberal Arts #12
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Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick · 46.9 mi
U.S. News #44
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Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook · 51.4 mi
U.S. News #59
Peer median 0.0 · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.
Incidents, 2023–2025
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Bais Medrash Elyon include Moshe Leib Rabinovich (Current rebbe of Munkacs), Yisroel Belsky (Orthodox rabbi at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas) and Hillel Zaks (Founder and rosh yeshiva of Knesses Hagedolah).
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Moshe Leib Rabinovich 1940–
Current rebbe of Munkacs
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Yisroel Belsky 1938–2016
Orthodox rabbi at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
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Hillel Zaks 1931–2015
Founder and rosh yeshiva of Knesses Hagedolah
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Yosef Goldman 1942–2015
Scholar of American Jewish history and writer
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J. David Bleich 1936–
Rabbi and professor of Jewish law and bioethics
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.