Originally Published on November 9, 2018:

Which public and private universities boast the largest Jewish student bodies in America and Canada? For many Jewish high school students, in particular, in light of a rising tide of anti-Semitism here in America and globally in 2023, attending a university with a vibrant Jewish community is essential. So which schools boast the most Jewish students in their student bodies? Wonder no more.

Public Universities Ranked By Jewish Population

Below are the 2022 top 60 public universities by Jewish population, as aggregated by Hillel College Guide Magazine:

1. University of Florida
2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick
3. University of Central Florida
4. University of Maryland, College Park
5. University of Michigan
6. University of Wisconsin, Madison
7. CUNY, Brooklyn College
8. Queens College
9. Indiana University
10. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
11. Binghamton University
12. McGill University
13. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
14. Florida State University
15. California State University, Northridge
16. Michigan State University
17. Florida International University
18. York University
19. Arizona State University
20. University of Arizona
21. Western University
22. University of California, Santa Barbara
23. Ohio State University
24. University of Texas, Austin
25. University of Vermont
26. University of Colorado at Boulder
27. University of California, Davis
28. University of California, Berkeley
29. University of California, Los Angeles
30. University of Delaware
31. Queensborough Community College
32. Towson University
33. University of Connecticut
34. Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills
35. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
36. Virginia Tech
37. University of Oregon
38. University of Pittsburgh
39. University at Albany
40. CUNY, Baruch College
41. CUNY, Hunter College
42. University at Buffalo
43. Florida Atlantic University
44. Queen’s University
45. Temple University, Main and Ambler
46. University of Washington
47. University of Toronto, St. George
48. Ryerson University
49. University of Minnesota
50. University of Kansas
51. CUNY, College of Staten Island
52. University of California, Santa Cruz
53. Stony Brook University
54. James Madison University
55. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
56. University of Guelph
57. Concordia University, Sir George and Loyola Campus
58. University of South Florida
59. SUNY Rockland Community College
60. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Private Universities Ranked By Jewish Population

Below are the 2022 top 60 private universities by Jewish population, as aggregated by Hillel College Guide Magazine:

1. Boston University
2. New York University
3. Tulane University
4. George Washington University
5. Touro College
6. Yeshiva University
7. Cornell University
8. Syracuse University
9. Washington University in St. Louis
10. University of Miami
11. University of Southern California
12. University of Pennsylvania
13. American University
14. Columbia University
15. Brown University
16. Northeastern University
17. Brandeis University
18. Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
19. Emory University
20. Northwestern University
21. Ithaca College
22. Tufts University
23. Vanderbilt University
24. Lehigh University
25. Drexel University
26. Barnard College
27. Hofstra University
28. Duke University
29. Elon University
30. Yale University
31. University of Chicago
32. Claremont Colleges
33. Harvard University
34. Oberlin College
35. University of Hartford
36. University of Rochester
37. Case Western Reserve University
38. Clark University
39. Chapman University
40. Stanford University
41. DePaul University
42. Skidmore College
43. Princeton University
44. Pace University
45. The New School
46. University of Tampa
47. Rochester Institute of Technology
48. Sarah Lawrence College
49. Muhlenberg College
50. Johns Hopkins University
51. University of Denver
52. Georgetown University
53. Johns Hopkins University
54. Vassar College
55. Emerson College
56. Bentley University
57. Dartmouth College
58. Carnegie Mellon University
59. Boston College
60. Fordham University

Interestingly, some of these schools are Jesuit institutions, like Georgetown and Fordham. Yet these schools nonetheless boast robust Jewish populations.

Ivy League Schools Ranked By Jewish Population

Below are the 2022 Ivy League schools ranked by Jewish population, as aggregated by Hillel College Guide Magazine.

Remember that this ranking is based on the total undergraduate Jewish student population rather than the percentage of the Jewish student body. Thus, the Jewish student body size at some schools, like Dartmouth, with its total undergraduate student body of 4,556 as of fall 2021, is much smaller than other schools, like Cornell, which has a total undergraduate student body of 15,503 as of fall 2021.

1. Cornell University
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. Columbia University
4. Brown University
5. Yale University
6. Harvard University
7. Princeton University
8. Dartmouth College

Why It Matters to Track Jewish Student Population Size at Colleges

We share these figures chiefly because we’re concerned about the declining number of Jewish students at Ivy League schools, a topic we’ve touched upon in the past and intend to revisit in the coming months.

While many schools tout the percentage of African American/Black, Latino, Native American, first-generation college students, low-income students, and more, many don’t release corresponding figures for Jewish students in their student bodies. As such, we at Ivy Coach will spotlight these figures to hold these universities accountable.