About
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary is a Jewish seminary located in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1953 and affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic Movement, it focuses on advanced Jewish scholarship and training students for roles as rabbis, teachers, and community leaders.
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, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
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 2024Renewal 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, 108 students received $772K 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 YOEC
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.
YOEC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions YOEC 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectYeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | 12% | — | 163 | $12,258 | — |
Berkeley School of Theology | — | 88.9% | 108 | — | — |
Graduate Theological Union | — | — | 150 | — | — |
Claremont School of Theology | — | — | 213 | — | — |
Pacific School of Religion | — | — | 124 | — | — |
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | 80% | — | 223 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 46% | 88.9% | 157 | $12,258 |
YOEC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides an overview of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, its historical background, mission, educational philosophy, and affiliations with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It also includes contact information such as the email and phone number.
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