About
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ) (Hebrew: מתיבתא תפארת ירושלים, Mesivta Tiferet Yerushaláyim) is a yeshiva on the Lower East Side of New York City. One of the oldest yeshivas in the city, MTJ was once led by Moshe Feinstein. A second campus, known as Yeshiva of Staten Island, is located in Staten Island, New York. The suburban campus contains a high school, college, post-college facilities and a dormitory.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation Commission
Action history · 2
- Dec 2023Renewal of AccreditationAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Apr 2018Renewal of AccreditationAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 14 students received $48K in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 13.2% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at MTJ
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MTJ vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MTJ selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America | 7% | — | 72 | $10,373 | — |
America Evangelical University | 33% | — | 307 | $24,088 | — |
Berkeley School of Theology | — | 88.9% | 108 | — | — |
Carolina Christian College | 11% | — | 71 | $11,448 | — |
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary | 0% | — | 58 | — | — |
Ecumenical Theological Seminary | — | — | 63 | — | — |
Family of Faith Christian University | 25% | 76.0% | 320 | — | — |
Grace Mission University | 100% | 50.0% | 301 | — | — |
Grace School of Theology | 100% | — | 568 | — | — |
Haven University | — | — | 123 | — | — |
Huntsville Bible College | 0% | — | 98 | $11,562 | — |
International Baptist College and Seminary | 88% | — | 78 | $16,828 | — |
Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 90% | 48.6% | 316 | $29,744 | — |
Kairos University | — | 84.6% | 1,239 | — | — |
Luther Rice College & Seminary | 0% | 91.7% | 508 | $3,935 | — |
Mid-South Christian College | 60% | 100.0% | 32 | $11,881 | — |
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 64% | 96.4% | 3,945 | $25,140 | — |
Moody Bible Institute | 62% | 82.7% | 2,202 | $25,007 | — |
Mount Angel Seminary | 50% | 100.0% | 127 | — | — |
Ner Israel Rabbinical College | 24% | 65.7% | 449 | $5,548 | — |
Pentecostal Theological Seminary | — | — | 517 | — | — |
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | 80% | — | 223 | — | — |
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin | 46% | 93.6% | 264 | $3,964 | — |
Rabbinical College Telshe | 53% | 83.3% | 64 | $8,603 | — |
Rabbinical Seminary of America | 30% | 98.4% | 611 | $5,900 | — |
The King's University | 33% | 60.6% | 540 | $23,878 | — |
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School | 39% | 25.7% | 275 | $20,396 | — |
Veritas Baptist College | 40% | 95.0% | 211 | $13,539 | — |
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary | — | — | 33 | — | — |
Wesley Biblical Seminary | — | 57.1% | 170 | — | — |
World Mission University | 100% | 77.8% | 510 | $16,598 | — |
Yeshiva Derech Chaim | 40% | 88.2% | 147 | $9,757 | — |
| Peer group median | 40% | 84.0% | 244 | $11,881 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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