<p>This graphs the percentage of Jewish students (estimated by hillel.org) at the top two tiers of national universities and liberal arts colleges, graphing them against rank of the institution.</p>
<p>Help-The graph doesnt make a lot of sense to me. How do you read it? The ranking is the USN ranking? If so, from what year? I there a way to match up a specific school to each data point?</p>
<p>The ranking is from 2007. I have hard data copies, as well as listings for tier 3 and tier 4 schools (for information purposes) as well.</p>
<p>Name Rank % Jewish
Princeton 1 14
Harvard 2 30
Yale 3 23
Cal Tech 4 6
Stanford 4 10
MIT 4 9
U Penn 7 31
Duke 8 11
Dartmouth 9 11
Columbia 9 25
U Chicago 9 14
Cornell 12 22
Wash U 12 27
Northwestern 14 23
Brown 15 25
Johns Hopkins 16 14
Rice 17 12
Vanderbilt 18 11
Emory 18 33
Notre Dame 20 <0.5**
Carnegie Mellon 21 11
UC Berkeley 21 10
Georgetown 23 11
U Virginia 24 10
U Michigan 24 16
UCLA 26 12
U North Carolina - Chapel Hill 27 5
U Southern California 27 10
Tufts 27 32
Wake Forest 30 2
William and Mary 31 7
Brandeis 31 62
Lehigh 33 14
U Wisconsin - Madison 34 14
Boston College 34 3
NYU 34 34
U Rochester 34 20
Case Western 38 11
UC San Diego 38 7
Georgia Tech 38 3
U Illinois: Urbana-Champaign 41 9
U Washington 42 6
Rensselaer Polytech 42 12
UC Irvine 44 5
Tulane 44 25
Yeshiva 44 >99****
Penn State - University Park 47 11
U Texas - Austin 47 10
UC Davis 47 10
UC Santa Barbara 47 <0.5***
U Florida 47 16
George Washington 52 32
Syracuse 52 20
Pepperdine 54 <0.5**
U Miami 54 15
U Maryland - College Park 54 18
Ohio State - Columbus 57 7
U Pittsburgh 57 10
Boston U 57 15
Miami U - Oxford 60 7
Texas A&M - College Station 60 3
U Georgia 60 7
Rutgers - New Brunswick 60 16
Purdue - West Lafayette 64 2
U Iowa 64 3
Worcester Polytech 64 2
U Connecticut 67 10
U Delaware 67 9
U Minnesota - Twin Cities 67 4
Clemson 70 1
Southern Methodist 70 3
Brigham Young - Provo 70 <0.5**
Indiana U - Bloomington 70 10
Michigan State 70 7
Fordham 70 2
UC Santa Cruz 76 22
Virginia Tech 77 5
U Colorado - Boulder 77 8
St. Louis 77 <0.5***
Stevens Tech 77 9
North Carolina State - Raleigh 81 1
Baylor 81 <0.5***
Marquette 81 2
Iowa State 81 1
Clark 81 18
American 86 16
SUNY Binghamton 86 30
U Tulsa 88 1
U Tennessee 88 1
U Vermont 88 12
U Alabama 88 2
Auburn 88 <0.5*
UC Riverside 88 5
U Denver 88 20
Howard 88 <0.5**
U Kansas 88 8
U Missouri - Columbia 88 3
U Arizona 98 11
U Pacific 98 <0.5***
Northeastern 98 8
U Mass - Amherst 98 13
U Nebraska - Lincoln 98 <0.5*
SUNY Environmental Science / Forestry 98 <0.5**
SUNY Stony Brook 98 15
U New Hampshire 105 3
Texas Christian 105 <0.5***
U Dayton 105 1
U San Diego 105 3
Illinois Tech 105 8
Ohio U 110 5
Florida State 110 10
U Missouri - Rolla 112 <0.5**
U Kentucky 112 1
Loyola Chicago 112 3
Washington State 112 1
U San Francisco 112 4
U South Carolina - Columbia 112 2
Drexel 112 <0.5***
U Oklahoma 112 1
U Utah 120 1
U Oregon 120 7
Catholic U 120 <0.5***
SUNY Buffalo 120 9
Colorado State 124 3
Kansas State 124 <0.5*
New Jersey Tech 124 2</p>
<p>Tier 3 of National Universities (In Alphabetical Order)
Name % Jewish
Adelphi 1
Andrews <0.5**
Arizona State 6
Ball State <0.5*
Bowling Green State 1
Clarkson <0.5***
DePaul <0.5***
Duquesne <0.5***
East Carolina <0.5*
Florida Tech <0.5***
George Mason 7
Hofstra 12
Illinois State 2
Louisiana State 1
Michigan Tech <0.5**
Mississippi State <0.5**
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tech <0.5**
New School <0.5**
North Dakota State <0.5*
Oklahoma State <0.5*
Oregon State 1
Pace <0.5***
Polytechnic <0.5**
Rutgers - Newark <0.5***
SUNY Albany 29
Seton Hall <0.5**
South Dakota State <0.5**
Southern Illinois - Carbondale 1
St. John's (NY) <0.5***
Temple 4
Texas Tech 1
U Colorado - Denver <0.5***
U Maryland - Baltimore County 11
U North Carolina - Greensboro 2
U Mass - Lowell <0.5***
U Missouri - Kansas City <0.5**
U Alabama - Birmingham <0.5**
U Alabama - Huntsville <0.5**
U Arkansas <0.5*
U Cincinnati 8
U Hawaii - Manoa <0.5**
U Idaho <0.5*
U Illinois - Chicago 5
U La Verne <0.5**
U Louisville <0.5*
U Maine <0.5***
U Mississippi <0.5**
U Montana <0.5*
U Nevada - Reno 1
U New Mexico 1
U North Dakota <0.5***
U Rhode Island 10
U South Dakota <0.5**
U South Florida 10
U St. Thomas <0.5***
U Texas - Dallas 1
U Wyoming 2
Utah State <0.5**
Virginia Commonwealth <0.5***
West Virginia 4
Western Michigan 4
Widener 3</p>
<p>Tier 4 of National Universities (In Alphabetical Order)
Alabama A&M <0.5**
Alliant International <0.5**
Biola <0.5**
Central Michigan 1
Clark Atlanta <0.5**
Cleveland State 2
East Tennessee State 1
Florida Atlantic 8
Florida International 13
Georgia State 2
Idaho State <0.5**
Indiana State <0.5**
Indiana U - Purdue U - Indianapolis <0.5***
Indiana U of Pennsylvania 1
Jackson State <0.5**
Kent State 5
Louisiana Tech 2
Middle Tennessee State <0.5*
Montana State - Bozeman <0.5**
National-Louis 3
New Mexico State 1
Northern Arizona 2
Northern Illinois 2
Nova Southeastern 2
Oakland 2
Old Dominion 1
Portland State 2
San Diego State 9
South Carolina State <0.5**
Tennessee State <0.5**
Texas A&M - Kingsville <0.5**
Texas A&M - Commerce <0.5***
Texas Southern <0.5***
Texas Woman's <0.5***
Union Institute and University <0.5**
U Arkansas - Little Rock <0.5**
U Mass - Boston <0.5***
U Missouri - St. Louis <0.5***
U Southern Mississippi <0.5***
U Wisconsin - Milwaukee 3
U Akron <0.5***
U Alaska - Fairbanks <0.5**
U Bridgeport <0.5**
U Central Florida 13
U Hartford 32
U Houston 3
U Louisiana - Lafayette <0.5**
U Memphis 1
U Nevada - Las Vegas 4
U New Orleans 1
U North Texas 1
U Northern Colorado <0.5***
U South Alabama <0.5**
U Texas - Arlington 1
U Texas - El Paso <0.5*
U Toledo 1
Wayne State 2
Wichita State <0.5***
Wilmington <0.5**
Wright State <0.5***</p>
<p><em>Actual Jewish Population is listed as having a proportion of below 0.5%.<br>
For graphing purposes, this number is rounded down to zero.
*</em>University is not listed on hillel.org; therefore, proportion is estimated as below 0.5%, although Jewish population could be higher in actuality.<br>
For graphing purposes, this number is rounded down to zero.
<strong><em>University is listed, but Jewish population is blank; therefore, proportion is estimated as below 0.5%, although Jewish population could be higher in actuality.
For graphing purposes, this number is rounded down to zero.
*</em></strong>University is directly connected to the Jewish faith; thus, Jewish population is estimated as above 99%
For graphing purposes, this number is rounded up to one hundred. </p>
<p>Name Rank % Jewish
Williams 1 10
Amherst 2 16
Swarthmore 3 19
Wellesley 4 9
Middlebury 5 12
Carleton 6 11
Bowdoin 7 10
Pomona 7 15
Haverford 9 22
Davidson 10 5
Wesleyan 10 27
Claremont McKenna 12 10
Vassar 12 21
Grinnell 14 6
Harvey Mudd 14 10
Colgate 16 15
Hamilton 17 9
Washington and Lee 17 4
Smith 19 10
Colby 20 10
Bryn Mawr 20 17
Oberlin 22 27
Bates 23 9
Macalester 24 6
Mount Holyoke 24 4
Barnard 26 43
Colorado 26 6
Scripps 26 18
Bucknell 29 9
Trinity 30 11
Lafayette 30 11
Kenyon 32 10
Holy Cross 32 <0.5***
Richmond 34 9
U of the South 34 <0.5**
Bard 36 12
Occidental 36 7
Whitman 36 7
Connecticut 39 10
Union 39 15
Dickinson 41 9
Furman 41 <0.5**
Franklin and Marshall 41 10
Centre 44 <0.5***
Sarah Lawrence 45 29
Rhodes 45 1
Gettysburg 45 2
Skidmore 48 18
DePauw 48 1
Denison 48 4
Wabash 51 <0.5**
Pitzer 51 14
Lawrence 53 <0.5**
Reed 53 30
St. Olaf 55 <0.5**
Wheaton (MA) 55 1
Kalamazoo 57 6
Southwestern 57 <0.5***
Wofford 57 <0.5**
St. Lawrence 57 2
Beloit 61 7
Wheaton (IL) 61 <0.5**
Illinois Wesleyan 61 2
Agnes Scott 61 2
Earlham 65 11
Willamette 65 <0.5***
Wooster 67 6
Hobart and William Smith 67 10
St. John's (MN) 69 <0.5
Hendrix 69 2
Ursinus 69 7
Drew 69 9
Thomas Aquinas 73 <0.5**
Muhlenberg 74 31
Austin 74 <0.5***
Spelman 74 <0.5**
Birmingham-Southern 74 <0.5**
Sweet Briar 74 <0.5**
Gustavus Adolphus 79 <0.5**
Knox 79 8
Lewis and Clark 79 5
Millsaps 82 2
Mills 82 7
U Puget Sound 82 <0.5***
Allegheny 82 3
Randolph-Macon Woman's 86 1
VMI 86 <0.5**
Hanover 86 <0.5**
Principia 86 <0.5**
New College 86 <0.5***
Goucher 91 30
Bennington 91 <0.5**
Albion 91 <0.5***
Hampshire 91 28
St Mary's of Maryland 95 <0.5***
Hope 95 <0.5**
St. Benedict 95 <0.5**
Ohio Wesleyan 95 4
Transylvania 95 1
Lake Forest 95 <0.5***
Luther 95 <0.5**
Coe 95 <0.5**
Juniata 95 <0.5***
Washington and Jefferson 104 4
Susquehanna 104 2
Hampden-Sydney 104 1
Augustana 104 <0.5**
Randolph-Macon 104 <0.5**
Westmont 104 <0.5**
Hollins 104 <0.5***</p>
<p>Tier 3 of Liberal Arts Colleges (Alphabetical Order)<br>
Name % Jewish
Albright 3
Alma <0.5***
Antioch <0.5**
Chatham 5
College of the Atlantic <0.5**
Concordia (MN) <0.5**
Cornell (IA) 5
Eastern Mennonite <0.5**
Eckerd 4
Emory and Henry <0.5**
Erskine <0.5**
Fisk <0.5**
Georgetown (KY) <0.5**
Gordon <0.5**
Goshen <0.5**
Hartwick <0.5**
Hillsdale <0.5***
Hiram 3
Houghton <0.5**
Lycoming <0.5**
Lyon <0.5**
Marlboro <0.5**
McDaniel <0.5***
Monmouth (IL) <0.5**
Moravian 2
Morehouse <0.5**
Muskingum <0.5**
Nebraska Wesleyan <0.5**
Oglethorpe <0.5***
Presbyterian <0.5**
Richard Stockton 7
Ripon <0.5**
Roanoke 4
Rosemont <0.5***
Salem <0.5***
Siena <0.5**
St. Anselm <0.5**
St. John's (MD) <0.5***
St. John's (NM) <0.5**
St. Vincent <0.5**
Talladega <0.5**
U North Carolina - Asheville 3
U Dallas <0.5**
U Minnesota - Morris <0.5**
Washington (MD) 5
Wells <0.5**
Wesleyan (GA) <0.5**
Westminster (MO) <0.5***
Westminster (PA) <0.5**
Whittier <0.5***
William Jewell <0.5**
Wittenberg 1</p>
<p>Tier 4 of Liberal Arts Colleges (In Alphabetical Order)
Adrian <0.5***
Albertson <0.5***
Arkansas Baptist <0.5**
Bennett <0.5**
Bethany <0.5**
Bethel (TN) <0.5**
Blackburn <0.5**
Bridgewater <0.5**
Cal State - Monterey Bay 8
Christendom <0.5**
Christopher Newport <0.5***
Coastal Carolina <0.5**
Evergreen State 2
Fort Lewis <0.5**
Franklin Pierce <0.5***
Greensboro 1
Guilford 3
Hastings <0.5**
Huntingdon <0.5**
Judson <0.5**
King (TN) <0.5**
Lane <0.5**
Lees-McRae <0.5**
Lindsey Wilson <0.5**
Marymount Manhattan <0.5***
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts <0.5**
Mesa State <0.5**
National Hispanic <0.5**
Olivet <0.5**
Paine <0.5**
Pine Manor <0.5**
San Diego Christian <0.5**
Schreiner <0.5**
Seton Hill <0.5**
Shawnee State <0.5**
St. Andrew's Presbyterian <0.5**
St. Augustine's <0.5**
Stephens 3
Texas A&M - Galveston 2
Tougaloo <0.5**
U Maine - Presque Isle <0.5**
U Pittsburgh - Bradford <0.5**
U Pittsburgh - Greensburg <0.5**
U Hawaii - Hilo <0.5***
U Judaism >99****
U Virginia - Wise <0.5**
Virginia Union <0.5**
Virginia Wesleyan <0.5**
Warner Pacific <0.5**
West Virginia Wesleyan <0.5**
Western State College of Colorado <0.5**</p>
<p>Justbrowsing-
I am not sure I agree with that. If you look at the base rates of the populations of jews and christians in the general population, you will see that the country is something like less than 1% Jewish. So to have a university that has a population that is well over 50% Jewish makes a significant statement. Brandeis has been known for its high jewish population and strong jewish programs for decades.</p>
[quote]
Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of the American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers, and staff of every nationality, religion, and political orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity, and freedom of expression.
<p>According to the Census, the US is 2.1% Jewish, with higher concentrations in the Northeast, Florida, and California (with some large midwestern Jewish hubs such as Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, etc..)</p>
<p>dudedad: most likely because Georgetown is in a huge metropolitan area with a significant population, especially the DC suburbs.
one typically doesnt associate a large jewish population with indiana, or any other places in the midwest for that matter (of course with the exception of the larger cities)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm surprised Harvard is nearly as high as 30%. Penn and WUSTL are histiorically renowned for having a high Jewish %, but never hear Harvard mentioned in the same vain.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Ashkenazi Jews have made disproportionately large contributions to presumably intellectual pursuits. Though they are about a quarter of a percent of the world's population, they comprise 28 percent of Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics, and have accounted for more than half of world chess champions.[4] In the United States, Ashkenazi Jews represent less than 2 percent of the population, but have won 40 percent of the Nobel Prizes in science awarded to U.S. citizens, and 25 percent of all Turing Awards.
