Private nonprofit · Community college
Derech Hachaim Seminary
Monroe, New York · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $15,748
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Derech Hachaim Seminary is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Monroe, New York (small city setting), enrolling 300 undergraduates.
About Monroe, New York
Monroe is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. As white settlers started to move north, the Leni-Lenape were forced to move west, out of New York and New Jersey into Pennsylvania and later into central North America, under the treaty of Easton, a colonial agreement signed in October 1758. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 44 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 10 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to New York Stewart (SWF)
How Derech Hachaim Seminary compares
More selective than 32% · #40 most selective of 57 in New York
Higher than 98% · #1 of 185 in New York
Higher than 90%
Cheaper than 48% · #84 cheapest of 175 in New York
Lower than 1%
Larger than 53%
Percentiles compare Derech Hachaim Seminary with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New York.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 300
- Student–faculty ratio
- 50 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 65%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- —
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $11,000
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $300
- Total cost of attendance
- $24,100
- Average net price
- $15,748
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 93.3%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
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- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 99%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (300 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 99% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,246. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 214 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 21°F
- Annual rain
- 51.5″
- Annual snow
- 35.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, West Point, NY US station (11.1 mi from campus).
What Derech Hachaim Seminary graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.