Admissions 104 & 105: The Top 60 Schools Jews Choose & the ...

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Admissions 104 & 105: The Top 60 Schools Jews Choose*

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

1 New York University (New York, NY) 2 Boston University (Boston, MA) 3 Yeshiva University (New York, NY) 4 Columbia University (New York, NY) 5 George Washington University (Washington, DC) 6 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) 7 University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 8 Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) 9 Tulane University (New Orleans, LA) 10 Emory University (Atlanta, GA) 11 University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) 12 Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) 13 Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) 14 University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) 15 American University (Washington, DC) 16 Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) 17 Yale University (New Haven, CT) 18 Washington University (St. Louis, MO) 19 University of Hartford (West Hartford, CT) 20 Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY) 21 Tufts University (Medford, MA) 22 Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY) 23 Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) 24 Northeastern University (Boston, MA) 25 Brown University (Providence, RI) 26 University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) 27 Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) 28 University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) 29 Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH) 30 DePaul University (Chicago, IL)

Jewish

% of

Population Student

(Undergrad) Population

6,000 4,500 3,080 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,250 2,100 2,000 1,750 1,680 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,350 1,250 1,200 1,050 1,000 1,000 900 900

850 850 800

28% 28% 96% 30% 29% 23% 25% 19% 32% 30% 11% 50% 25% 15% 23% 20% 27% 25% 33% 18% 25% 22% 16% 7% 17% 20% 7% 16% 29% 4%

Jewish Studies Courses

70 65 138 25 30 46 50 20 50 61 14 60 40 15 25 35 50 60 20 14 25 0 35 38 30 8 5 30 23 10

Jewish Studies Major

Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1 University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

6,500

17%

77

Yes

2 Rutgers University, New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ)

6,400

16%

50

Yes

3 University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)

6,000

10%

15

No

4 University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)

5,800

22%

40

Yes

5 Pennsylvania State University, University Park (University Park, PA) 5,000

13%

80

Yes

6 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

4,500

18%

120

Yes

7 Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)

4,200

14%

60

Yes

8 Queens College (Flushing, NY)

4,010

26%

46

Yes

9 University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI)

4,000

13%

75

Yes

10 University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX)

4,000

8%

30

Yes

11 California State University, Northridge (Northridge, CA)

4,000

10%

14

Yes

12 Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

3,600

6%

40

Yes

13 University at Albany (Albany, NY)

3,500

27%

20

No

14 McGill University (Montreal, QC)

3,500

10%

100

Yes

15 CUNY, Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY)

3,500

27%

43

Yes

16 Binghamton University (Vestal, NY)

3,500

25%

30

Yes

17 Florida International University (Miami, FL)

3,500

13%

15

No

18 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

3,250

10%

61

Yes

19 University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

3,250

10%

45

Yes

20 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

3,220

10%

30

No

2 1 Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

3,200

7%

100

Yes

22 York University (Toronto, ON)

3,000

6%

62

Yes

23 University of Western Ontario (London, ON)

3,000

10%

25

Yes

24 Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

3,000

8%

25

No

25 University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

2,750

14%

40

No

26 University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

2,600

9%

50

Yes

27 University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

2,600

7%

12

No

28 University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)

2,600

17%

32

Yes

29 University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)

2,500

10%

23

Yes

30 University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA)

2,500

14%

75

Yes

* NOTES:Estimated population figures and other campus information are self-reported

by local Hillels. Contact Hillel International: 202-449-6500, guide.

JAFI/Hillel Israel

Fellows

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Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes

& the Top 25 By Percentage of Jews*

Student Reform Engagement Worship

Interns on Campus

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

N/A

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reform Groups/ Events

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes

ISRAEL FEST, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY HILLEL.

top 25 schools by percentage of jews

1 Jewish Theological Seminary of America 200 Jewish Students, 100%

2 Yeshiva University 3,080 Jewish Students, 96%

3 American Jewish University 110 Jewish Students, 92%

4 Brandeis University 1,750 Jewish Students, 50%

5 Muhlenberg College 750 Jewish Students, 35%

6 University of Hartford 1,500 Jewish Students, 33%

7 Barnard College 770 Jewish Students, 33%

8 Sarah Lawrence College 400 Jewish Students, 33%

9 Tulane University 2,250 Jewish Students, 32%

10 Columbia University 3,000 Jewish Students, 30%

11 Emory University 2,100 Jewish Students, 30%

12 Goucher College 450 Jewish Students, 30%

Courtesy of Rebuilding Together New Orleans

13 George Washington University

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

INDIANA UNIVERSITY HILLEL STUDENTS HELP REBUILD NEW ORLEANS DURING ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK.

3,000 Jewish Students, 29%

14 Oberlin College 850 Jewish Students, 29%

15 New York University 6,000 Jewish Students, 28%

16 Boston University 4,500 Jewish Students, 28%

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

17 Yale University 1,500 Jewish Students, 27%

18 CUNY, Brooklyn College 3,500 Jewish Students, 27%

Yes

Yes

Yes

19 University at Albany

Yes

No

No

3,500 Jewish Students, 27%

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

20 Queens College 4,012 Jewish Students, 26%

21 University of Pennsylvania 2,500 Jewish Students, 25%

Yes

Yes

Yes

22 Harvard University

Yes

No

No

1,675 Jewish Students, 25%

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

CHALLAH BAKING, A

No

Yes

Yes

WEEKLY RITE

No

Yes

No

AT TEXAS

No

Yes

Yes

HILLEL.

23 Washington University 1,500 Jewish Students, 25%

24 Tufts University 1,250 Jewish Students, 25%

25 Wesleyan University 680 Jewish Students, 25%

For Reform college programs: college. N/A means information was not made available to Reform Judaism magazine.

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