Kosher Yeshiva Tuition

There comes a point where you just throw up your hands and ask yourself are you the only fool!?

I was talking to a colleague of mine about the outrageous cost of private school tuition and she told me she knows what I mean: Cathedral High School cost $5,475 a year!

$5,475 a year for a highly regarded high school is still less than 1/3 of the cost of most of the Yeshiva High Schools in the New York Metropolitan area!

If you don't believe me, take a look at their website www.cathedralhs.org/admissions.htm

Why the disparity?

Is it because Yeshivas teach a dual curriculum?

Cathedral high school also teaches non-secular subjects but even if you take that out of the equation, to compare the two schools just double Cathedral High School's tuition. We are still only talking about $11,000 a year versus $18,000 a year!

Is it because of the cost of the real estate where the school is located?

You tell me; Cathedral High School is on 56th Street in Manhattan. Sounds like a pricey neighborhood to me.

Is it because the student to teacher ratio is much higher at Cathedral?

The ratio is 17:1 What is your yeshiva high school's ratio?

Finally, that same site says that Cathedral offers 20 four year full tuition scholarships. I must have missed that in the Yeshiva High School's paperwork.

I would like to hear from others about this issue.

J