Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel
About
Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel is a rabbinical institution located in the United States. The specific founding year and size of the college are not mentioned, but it focuses on rabbinic education and training.
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 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 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 · 3
- Sep 2020Renewal of AccreditationAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation Commission
- May 2020Renewal of AccreditationAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Oct 2017Renewal 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, 186 students received $1.7M 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 RCOSY
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.
RCOSY vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions RCOSY 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel | 41% | 100.0% | 232 | $12,860 | — |
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed | 33% | 57.6% | 132 | $6,505 | — |
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary | 59% | 94.8% | 765 | $4,843 | — |
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid | 53% | 78.9% | 206 | $7,125 | — |
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah | 58% | 88.9% | 112 | $4,382 | — |
Beth Medrash of Asbury Park | 10% | 53.8% | 124 | $8,030 | — |
College of Biblical Studies-Houston | 20% | — | 419 | $16,267 | — |
Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander | 26% | — | 168 | $8,602 | — |
Davis College | 22% | 56.3% | 156 | $14,320 | — |
Johnson University Florida | 24% | 23.3% | — | $22,226 | — |
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary | 63% | — | 205 | $3,074 | — |
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College | 33% | 100.0% | 131 | $8,328 | — |
Manhattan Christian College | 46% | 100.0% | 160 | $23,608 | — |
Mechon L'hoyroa | 67% | — | 122 | — | — |
Nazarene Bible College | — | — | 527 | — | — |
Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel | 36% | — | 114 | $6,147 | — |
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov | 39% | 97.9% | 602 | $1,525 | — |
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah | 22% | 77.2% | 400 | $8,174 | — |
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | 50% | 90.2% | 112 | $10,120 | — |
United Talmudical Seminary | 58% | — | 2,241 | $6,500 | — |
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel | 70% | — | 2,957 | $5,023 | — |
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College | 100% | 98.0% | 161 | $11,230 | — |
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka | 22% | — | 226 | $10,079 | — |
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer | 80% | 73.7% | 499 | $11,588 | — |
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas | 74% | 70.1% | 515 | $18,970 | — |
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | 12% | 58.2% | 163 | $12,258 | — |
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland | — | 36.7% | 152 | $15,444 | — |
Yeshiva Sholom Shachna | 30% | 100.0% | 132 | $7,975 | — |
Yeshiva Toras Chaim | 31% | 44.2% | 227 | $5,014 | — |
Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz Chaim | 43% | — | 223 | $7,356 | — |
Yeshivath Viznitz | 69% | 93.7% | 1,389 | $5,815 | — |
| Peer group median | 41% | 78.9% | 206 | $8,174 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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