Yeshiva Derech Chaim
Brooklyn, NY · Private · Large city · YDC
Private institution in Brooklyn, NY · 119 undergraduates · 70% acceptance rate.
- Top 15%Average net price
- Top 15%Full-time retention
- Top 21%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 22%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $9,757305th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,700811th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,700423rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,071443rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 18.2%1,922nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 88.9%272nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 70.2%602nd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1191,955th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 39.6%720th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 11 mi (JFK)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 2 of 2 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Yeshiva Derech Chaim’s 119 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaBrooklyn, NY · 118 undergrads
- Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY · 117 undergrads
- Rabbinical College Ohr YisroelBrooklyn, NY · 116 undergrads
- Mechon L'hoyroaMonsey, NY · 124 undergrads
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeBrooklyn, NY · 129 undergrads
- Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret TorahBrooklyn, NY · 108 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Kuyper CollegeGrand Rapids, MI · 119 undergrads
- Careers UnlimitedOrem, UT · 118 undergrads
- Criswell CollegeDallas, TX · 118 undergrads
- Rush UniversityChicago, IL · 120 undergrads
- Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA · 120 undergrads
- Carolina College of Biblical StudiesFayetteville, NC · 122 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteydc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 197647)
- Compare colleges in NYRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in New YorkEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Yeshiva Derech Chaim vs Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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