by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
With 86% students making it past their freshmen year, Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah has freshmen retention rates above the national average.
Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in New York, the average is 73.51%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah | 86% |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| New York | 73.51% |
Of the 44 students in the class of 2023, how many completed their degree on time?
Four years after beginning their degree, 27% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 59% of the students had graduated and after eight years 80% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah graduation rate 59%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 20 | 27% |
| Six Years | 44 | 59% |
| Eight Years | 15 | 21% |
| Did Not Complete | 15 | 20% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Approximately 15 students or 20% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 15 students who did not complete their degree?
2 are still enrolled.
11 transferred to another institution.
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah lost contact with the remaining 1 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 2 | 13.3% |
| Transferred | 11 | 73.3% |
| Dropped Out | 1 | 6.7% |
Traditional first-time, full-time students under 25 tend to graduate in four years far more often than other students. Some schools serve mostly traditional students while others serve more 'non-traditional' students — part-timers or those returning after time away — who commonly take longer to finish.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
A meaningful share of students at Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah are considered 'non-traditional students' who are not first-time, full-time, and under 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of the specific cohorts below can be more revealing than the overall graduation rates.
First-time / full-time students at Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah represent 33.78% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah graduation rate was 56%, and by the eight year mark, 92% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 37.92% after four years, 46.43% after six years, and 47.82% after eight years.
| Completions | Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 20% | 37.92% |
| Six Years | 56% | 46.43% |
| Eight Years | 92% | 47.82% |
2 first-time / full-time students or 8% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
1 are still enrolled.
1 transferred to another institution.
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah lost contact with the remaining 0 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 1 | 50.00% |
| Transferred | 1 | 50.00% |
| Dropped Out | 0 | 0.00% |
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah.
Returning / full-time students at Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah represent 66.22% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah graduation rate was 61%, and by the eight year mark, 73% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Completions | Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 61% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 73% | 55.07% |
13 non first-time / part-time students or 27% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
2 are still enrolled.
10 transferred to another institution.
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah lost contact with the remaining 1 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 2 | 15.38% |
| Transferred | 10 | 76.92% |
| Dropped Out | 1 | 7.69% |
We don’t have data for this cohort at Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah.
