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Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion

Overview of Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion is in Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn is a large city. The school is classified as a Jewish college. Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion is a private, not-for-profit institution. The school issues awards (degrees) up to the level of Bachelor's degree.

Areas of Study

Fields of study in vogue at Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion include religion and philosophy.

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Selectivity

The school's open admission policy attracts a range of prospective students.

Faculty

The most successful professors at Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion are given tenure, encouraging them to stay with the school for a long time.

Student Body

Approximately 235 students study at the school (in 2007). Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion is essentially a male school.

Student Life

The school makes housing available to a large share of its students. Students at Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion can take advantage of the school's meal plans.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"The Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva aims to carry forward the chain of Jewish learning and career training in an environment where education is personal, but rigorous and challenging. The Yeshiva defines its purpose as teaching students Torah learning skills in order to foster creative scholarship and provide the community with Talmudists, scholars, and well-educated laymen. We identify the following specific mission elements: 1. Train students in the study and analytical interpretation of the classic texts of Judaism. Foster reasoning skills, proficiency in textual analysis, the capacity for legal analysis, and a deftness in the application of advanced logic to methods of argumentation. 2. Prepare students for service careers as Yeshiva teachers, melamdim, mechanchim and maggidei shiur in a wide range of formats. 3. Provide students with the education for pursuing advanced rabbinic degrees that lead to college level teaching or practical rabbinics. 4. Develop in the student a strong moral dimension by fostering an ethical sensibility through the study of Mussar, devotional texts and Talmudic Aggadata. 5. Foster in the student a contemplative spirit, an awareness of the life of the mind and its encouragement. 6. Train those with exceptional gifts for higher research in Talmud."

More complete details are provided below.

Contacting Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
1577 48th St
Brooklyn, NY 11219
General Phone: (718) 438-2018

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Programs and Degrees (2007)

General CategoryDegreesMost Common Majors [see all]
Religion And Philosophy44Talmudic studies, rabinnical studies, religious education

Number of programs and degrees for Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion in 2007:

Degree LevelTotal
Awarded
Number of
Programs
Bachelor's degree362
First-professional degree81

Student Body

In 2007, Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion had a total enrollment of 235 students (235 full-time equivalent).

Students By Class:

GroupPercent
Undergraduate81%
First Professional19%

Racial Diversity:
RacePercent
White100%

Students by Age:

AgePercent
Under 1826%
18-1931%
20-2126%
22-2411%
25-296%
30-340%

Incoming (Freshman) Students by Place of Residence:
(From available data sampling)

ResidencePercent
New York100%

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Graduation, Retention, and Transfers

Retention Rates (2007):

GroupReturning From
Previous Year
Full-Time100 %

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Room and Board (2007)

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion offers campus housing for 75 of its 235 (full-time) students.

(Please refer to our profile of New York, New York for details about the area surrounding the campus. Also see our list of other New York Colleges).

The school offers students a meal plan with 21 meals per week.

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Expenses and Financial Aid (2007)

Expenses and Financial Aid:

ExpenseAmount
In-state tuition and fees$ 4,650
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 4,650
Room and board$ 4,000
Books and supplies$ 150
Other expenses$ 1,550

Financial Aid:
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion participates in Federal Title IV financial aid programs. (The school's OPE ID is 861400)

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Faculty

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion has a tenure system for faculty.

Salaries for full-time faculty:

Full-Time Faculty (2007):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Instructorcalendar year4$33,6770*
All faculty totalcalendar year4$33,6770*

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Degree Programs (2007)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Rabbinical Studies (MHL/Rav)
Religious Education
Talmudic Studies

Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Highlights

(Details are provided further down on this page.)

What Sets Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Apart:

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Male % of student body
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Male % of student body
% of degrees in religion and philosophy
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion % of degrees in religion and philosophy
Lowest tuition & fees (in-state)
(vs. colleges with similar degree levels)
Top 11%Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Lowest tuition & fees (in-state)
Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
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Top 17%Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
Dorm rooms per full-time student
(vs. all colleges)
Top 19%Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Dorm rooms per full-time student
Explanation of the Highlights categories

Notable:
Jewish affiliation
Open admission
Career counseling
Remedial classes for students
Option to study abroad
On-campus library
Offers campus housing
Offers a board (meal) plan
Tenure system for quality teaching

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