View an updated list from Fall 2009.

Fall 2008

Below is the list of colleges and universities with the largest Jewish populations as published in Reform Judaism magazine. The list is based on estimated statistics provided by Hillel. Visit Hillel's Guide to Jewish Life on Campus for a complete listing of universities around the world. Hillel's Small and Mighty Web site lists schools with under 500 Jewish students.

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

Public Schools
1 University of Maryland, College Park
2 University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
3 Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
4 University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
5 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
6 Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
7 University of Wisconsin, Madison
8 York University (Toronto, ON)
9 Queens College (New York City)
10 CUNY, Brooklyn College (New York City)
11 Florida International University (Ventura, FL)
12 Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
13 University at Albany (Albany, NY)
14 University of Texas, Austin
15 University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
16 Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY)
17 University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
18 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
19 McGill University (Montreal, QU)
20 Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
21 Universite de Montreal (Montreal, QU)
22 University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
23 University of Western Ontario (London, ON)
24 Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
25 University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign (Champaign, IL)
26 California State University, Northridge
27 Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
28 San Diego State University
29 University of California, Los Angeles
30 University of Massachusetts, Amherst