Where Torah Guides Your Future — Chabad BA Unites Spiritual Growth With Academic and Professional Excellence!

PARTNERING WITH RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY

PROGRAM CURICULUM

A 4 or 3.5 Year Chabad B.A. degree Prepares You for Purpose, Leadership, and a successful Career!

Year 1 – Foundations

Strong grounding in Torah, Hebrew, Talmud, Prayer, and Chassidus. Evenings feature career spotlights, personal career assessments, and guided summer internship planning.

Year 2 – Skills and Direction

Deeper Torah learning with growing consistency and confidence. Expanded career exploration, individualized guidance, and support for prerequisite college courses.

Year 3 – Advanced Growth

Advanced Torah study and meaningful spiritual development. Career coaching and internships help students gain real-world experience and refine their path.

Year 4 – Leadership and Life Preparations

Advanced Torah, Jewish Law, and Chassidus with preparation for Jewish family life and community leadership. Graduates leave with a clear career plan, internship experience, and a strong professional network — all rooted in Torah.

Individualized Career Preparation, Internships, and Career Networking

Your chosen career—whether in law, business, education, healthcare, or any other field—is not left to chance. It is guided by career assessment tools and tests. In addition, extensive internship and network opportunities will be provided to clarify for each student what career they are most suited and interested in pursuing.

Research cited by Inside Higher Ed shows that only about 20% of undergraduates receive high-quality career guidance, and just 54% of students are aware that career services exist on their campuses.

At Chabad BA, individualized career development is central to the student experience. Every student receives personalized career assessment using advanced tools to identify paths aligned with their passions, interests, and strengths. Once a direction is established, internships and/or summer coursework are arranged and pursued during evenings and throughout the program’s three summers. With administrative approval, students may reside in the Rabbinical College dormitories while completing summer internships or coursework.

During the academic year, leading Jewish professionals from diverse fields will regularly visit our campus to engage with students and discuss real-world career opportunities. Chabad BA is deeply committed to each student’s long-term professional success and to helping graduates choose careers that enable a meaningful contribution to society.

CAREER ASSESSMENT TOOLS UTILIZED BY CHABAD BA

During the first year of the Chabad BA Program, each student will complete one or more of the most advanced career assessment tools. In addition, every student will meet individually with a career development counselor to begin designing a personalized and optimal career pathway.

Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

CliftonStrengths (Gallup)

CareerLeader

PRINT® (Paul Hertz Group)

While many students feel unsafe and intimidated on campuses across the United States, RCA students will feel fully secure, proud of their Jewish identity, and deeply connected to the 3,338-year unbroken chain of Jewish history, empowered by a rigorous education that gives them the knowledge and confidence to thoughtfully and effectively respond to antisemitism and anti-Zionism wherever they encounter it.

WE DON'T JUST TEACH JUDAISM—WE EMPOWER JEWISH LEADERS IN ALL PROFESSIONS!

╰┈➤ Individualized career preparation not limited to careers in law, business, health, education, and Jewish-oriented careers

╰┈➤ Internships and mentorships built into the program

╰┈➤ Advanced degree preparation personalized to your goals

╰┈➤ Supportive environment free from antisemitism

╰┈➤ Be part of a community that lasts a lifetime

ADMISSIONS, CREDITS, & LEARNING IN ISRAEL

The Chabad BA Program accepts a limited number of transfer credits from accredited institutions when the coursework is relevant to the program curriculum. All transfer credits are evaluated on an individual basis to ensure alignment with program requirements. Students also have the unique opportunity to study in Israel, where up to 50% of the academic credits required for graduation may be earned and transferred from approved institutions of higher learning in the United States and Israel, including approved Yeshivas in Israel.

ON CAMPUS JEWISH

OBSERVANCE REQUIREMENTS

Since learning Torah and Performing Mitzvos is an integral and essential aspect of an authentic Jewish education, the following Jewish Observances are required for students on campus:

  • Shabbos and Yomtov Observance

  • Only Kosher food is allowed on campus

  • Students must wear a kippah (yarmulke) at all times

  • Participation in daily prayers with tefillin
    Each student will be required to have his own

    tefillin. And if a student does not have his own,

    Chabad BA will provide the tefillin at a highly

    subsidized cost.

RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA

OFFERS APPLICANTS OF THE

CHABAD BA PROGRAM THE:

The regular annual tuition at RCA is $23,000. However, applicants to the Chabad BA

Degree Program may apply for the $13,000 Rabbi Moshe Herson z”l Scholarship. This

scholarship is awarded regardless of family income, and no financial documentation

is required. With this scholarship, student’s annual cost is only a

P H E N O M E N A L

Best of all, as long as students are up-to-date with their annual payment, they will graduate

DEBT-FREE!

GALLERY

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© The Chabad BA Program is designed for Jewish male high school graduates who have had little or no prior full-time Jewish education, as well as for those who attended full-time Jewish high schools but are not yet fully Shabbos observant. All Rights Reserved.