INSIDER’SGUIDETOCOLLEGESCHOOLS

College Choices 060 & 020: The Top 60 Schools Jews Choose & the Top 20 By Percentage of Jews

PRIVATE SCHOOLSJewish % of Jewish Number of Jewish Reform Egalitarian Reform/ Local Reform

Population Student Fraternities/ Jewish Studies Worship Worship KESHER Temple Engages(Undergrad) Population Sororities Courses Major on Campus on Campus Group/Events with Students

1 New York University (New York City) 4000 20.8% Yes 65 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes2 Boston University 3000 15.0% No 30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes3 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) 3000 21.7% Yes 16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes4 University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) 3000 30.8% Yes 50 Yes Yes Yes Yes No5 Yeshiva University (New York City) 2810 93.5% No 200 Yes No N/A No No6 George Washington University (Washington, DC) 2750 31.6% Yes 35 Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A7 Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) 2500 20.4% Yes 12 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A8 Emory University (Atlanta, GA) 2100 33.3% Yes 30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes9 Columbia University (New York City) 2000 25.0% Yes 25 No Yes Yes Yes Yes10 Harvard University & Radcliffe College (Cambridge, MA) 2000 30.0% No 50 Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A11 Tulane University and Newcomb College (New Orleans, LA) 2000 25.4% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes12 Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) 1900 61.7% No 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A13 Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) 1800 23.1% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes14 Washington University (St. Louis, MO) 1800 26.6% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes15 University of Southern California (Los Angeles) 1700 10.0% Yes 40 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes16 University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) 1600 14.6% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes17 Brown University (Providence, RI) 1500 25.0% No 35 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes18 Tufts University (Medford, MA) 1500 31.6% Yes 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes19 University of Hartford (Hartford, CT) 1500 31.9% No 11 Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes20 Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY) 1200 12.4% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes21 Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (New York City) 1200 21.8% No 0 No N/A N/A N/A N/A22 Yale University (New Haven, CT) 1200 22.6% Yes 45 Yes Yes Yes Yes No23 American University (Washington, DC) 1100 18.7% Yes 25 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A24 Barnard College (New York City) 1000 43.5% Yes 25 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes25 Northeastern University (Boston, MA) 1000 8.0% No 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes26 Pratt Institute (New York City) 1000 32.0% Yes 0 No N/A N/A N/A N/A27 Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) 850 13.5% No 22 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A28 Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH) 800 26.7% No 10 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A29 University of Denver (Denver, CO) 800 20.0% Yes 20 No N/A N/A N/A N/A30 University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) 800 20.0% Yes 8 Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1 University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) 5500 15.7% Yes 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes2 University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) 5000 13.2% Yes 15 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A3 University of Maryland, College Park 5000 19.9% Yes 35 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes4 York University (Toronto, ON) 4500 11.0% No 25 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A5 Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) 4500 16.1% No 60 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes6 University of Texas, Austin 4000 10.3% Yes 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes7 Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) 4000 11.1% Yes 20 Yes Yes No Yes Yes8 University of Wisconsin, Madison 4000 14.0% Yes 45 Yes Yes Yes No Yes9 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) 4000 16.3% Yes 90 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes10 Florida International University (Ventura, FL) 3500 13.5% Yes 15 Yes No No No Yes11 University at Albany (Albany, NY) 3500 29.1% Yes 30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes12 University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) 3300 10.0% Yes 12 No Yes Yes Yes Yes13 Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) 3100 10.3% Yes 61 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes14 University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 3100 10.9% Yes 45 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes15 Queens College (New York City) 3000 26.8% Yes 35 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A16 Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) 3000 6.7% Yes 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes17 University of Toronto (Toronto, ON) 3000 7.5% No 35 No Yes Yes Yes Yes18 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) 3000 9.8% No 18 No Yes Yes No Yes19 University of Western Ontario (London, ON) 3000 10.0% Yes 19 No N/A N/A N/A N/A20 University of California, Los Angeles 3000 12.1% Yes 38 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A21 McGill University (Montreal, QU) 3000 16.0% No 90 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes22 Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY) 3000 29.5% No 30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes23 CUNY, Brooklyn College (New York City) 3000 29.7% Yes 45 Yes No No No N/A24 University of Illinois at Urbana (Champaign, IL) 2700 9.4% Yes 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes25 California State University, Northridge 2700 10.0% Yes 20 Yes Yes Yes No Yes26 University of California, Santa Cruz 2600 21.6% Yes 16 No Yes Yes Yes Yes27 Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) 2500 7.1% Yes 23 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes28 San Diego State University 2500 9.0% Yes 15 Yes Yes Yes No No29 University of California, Davis 2350 10.0% Yes 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes30 Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) 2300 6.0% No 20 No N/A Yes N/A N/A

top 20 bypercentage of jews

1 Yeshiva University:2,807 Jewish students, 93.5%

2 Brandeis University:1,900 Jewish students, 61.7%

3 Barnard College:1,000 Jewish students, 43.5%

4 SUNY College at Oneonta:2,000 Jewish students, 35.7%

5 Emory University:2,100 Jewish students, 33.3%

6 Pratt Institute:1,000 Jewish students, 32.0%

7 University of Hartford:1,500 Jewish students, 31.9%

8 George Washington U.:2,750 Jewish students, 31.6%

9 Tufts University:1,500 Jewish students, 31.5%

10 Muhlenberg College:650 Jewish students, 31.0%

11 U. of Pennsylvania:3,000 Jewish students, 30.8%

12 Harvard U. & Radcliffe College:2,000 Jewish students, 30.0%

13 Reed College:400 Jewish students, 29.8%

14 CUNY, Brooklyn College:3,000 Jewish students, 29.7%

15 Goucher College:400 Jewish students, 29.6%

16 Binghamton University:3,000 Jewish students, 29.5%

17 University at Albany:3,500 Jewish students, 29.1%

18 Sarah Lawrence College:300 Jewish students, 28.6%

19 Hampshire College:360 Jewish students, 27.7%

20 Wesleyan University:735 Jewish students, 27.2%

Notes: All population figures as well as information concerning fraternities/sororities, Jewish courses, and Jewish studies are courtesy of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Any questions, please contact Hillel directly (202-449-6500, www.hillel.org).

For questions/comments about Reform or egalitarian worship, groups, events, and congregational connections, contact KESHER (212-650-4070, kesher@urj.org) or Reform Judaism magazine (www.reformjudaismmag.org).

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