Jewish Campus Climate
A comparison of public information on how welcoming each campus is for Jewish and Israeli students. — leads the schools shown at — of 100.
Information only, not a recommendation. Scores are compiled from public sources and may contain errors. Please read the disclaimer and confirm with each school. Questions or corrections? Contact us.
Each school is scored on seven things: two independent report-card grades (ADL and StopAntisemitism), student-government BDS votes, federal civil-rights cases about antisemitism, the size and services of the Jewish community, daily kosher dining, and a small bonus from Alums for Campus Fairness. See the column guide below for what every column means.
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Schools by score
Shows the top 40 schools that match your filters (the full list is in the table below). Click a bar to open that school's profile. Each bar shows the school's raw points (out of 132, plus up to 5 bonus; 149 with the kosher option on) split into its seven parts. The number at the end is the score scaled to 100. Point at a bar for the breakdown. Follows the filters above.
All the data
Every column the score uses. Click a school for its full profile. Press i next to a heading to jump to its explanation. Scroll sideways for the point columns.
| # | College | Location | Miles | Score | Tier | Jewish undergrads | % Jewish | Hillel | Chabad | Data | ADL grade | StopAntisemitism | Student-govt BDS | Federal case about antisemitism? | Federal case detail | AMCHA 2026 incidents | Kosher dining | Israel Fellow | JLIC educator | Hillel training | ACF brief | ADL pts | StopAnti. pts | BDS pts | Federal pts | Community pts | Kosher pts | ACF pts | Notes |
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Column guide
What each column means and where it comes from.
- Rank
- Position among the schools currently shown (after your location and other filters), 1 = best score. Schools with the same score share a number. Hover the number, or open a school, to see its overall rank on the full list.
- College
- School name as listed in Hillel International's College Guide, which covers about 960 U.S. and Canadian campuses.
- Location
- Campus city and state from the Hillel College Guide (U.S. Department of Education IPEDS 2023 where Hillel has no location).
- Miles
- Straight-line distance from the ZIP code or state you chose. Driving distance is usually longer.
- Data
- How firm the school's data is, and which sources have something on it. Verified: federal cases, BDS vote dates, ADL grades and kosher dining were checked one by one against news, agency and school sources. Report-card graded: has an ADL and/or StopAntisemitism grade; the rest comes straight from the sources. Not graded: no report-card grade, so the score leans on Hillel and Chabad data plus neutral defaults. The line underneath lists the sources with data on this school: Hillel, Chabad (Chabad on Campus), ADL, StopAntisemitism, ACF (Alums for Campus Fairness), Federal (a federal case or the March 2025 letter) and AMCHA (incidents in 2026).
- Score
- All seven point columns added up (out of 132, plus up to 5 bonus), scaled to 100 and capped at 100. The ranking sorts by this. With "Kosher food matters to me" on, kosher counts for up to 25 and the total is out of 149.
- Tier
- Strong (75 and up), Good (62–74), Mixed (50–61) or Caution (under 50), based on the score.
- ADL grade
- Grade from the Anti-Defamation League's Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which covers about 150 schools. The 2026 grade is used for hand-checked schools; for others the March 2025 grade is used (shown in brackets) until 2026 grades are collected. "Not graded" means ADL doesn't cover the school.
- StopAntisemitism grade
- Grade from StopAntisemitism's 2025 College Report (Dec 2025): 90 schools, based on a survey of Jewish students and how each administration responded. Kept separate from ADL, not averaged.
- Student-govt BDS
- Whether student government passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel: Passed, Failed, Prevented or None. From Hillel's College Guide, checked against the Jewish Virtual Library. Votes before about 2020 don't count. For schools not verified, Hillel's answer is used as is and the vote year isn't confirmed.
- Federal case about antisemitism?
- Whether the school's federal civil-rights (Title VI) case concerns antisemitism. Cases about anti-Palestinian or anti-Muslim claims are marked "No" and don't lower the score.
- Federal case detail
- Short summary of the case: dates, who filed, how it ended. Also notes the Education Department's March 2025 warning letter to 60 schools and Justice Department actions.
- AMCHA 2026 incidents
- Number of incidents at the school in 2026 (January to mid-November) in the AMCHA Initiative campus incident database. Point at the number to see the split: incidents targeting Jewish students and staff vs. antisemitic expression (rhetoric, protests, BDS campaigns). AMCHA counts anti-Zionist expression as antisemitic, and bigger, more active campuses get more reports. Shown for context only; not part of the score.
- Jewish undergrads
- Hillel's estimate of how many Jewish undergraduate students attend.
- % Jewish
- Jewish undergraduates as a share of all undergraduates.
- Hillel
- Whether a Hillel serves the school, per Hillel International's College Guide. Some schools share a regional Hillel rather than having their own building.
- Kosher dining
- How much kosher food a student can get day to day. Full = daily kosher meals in campus dining on the regular meal plan. Separate plan = daily kosher meals through Hillel or Chabad at extra cost. Limited = café, deli, grab-and-go or dairy only. Shabbat/holidays only = Hillel meals on Shabbat and holidays. Checked against each Hillel page's dining notes and the school's dining site (Nov 2026). Hillel's own "kosher available" flag says Yes even for holiday-only food, so it isn't used. Other levels from the sources: On meal plan, Daily meal (one kosher meal a day), Packaged only, Nearby only (kosher food off campus), Listed, no details or None listed. For schools not verified one by one, the level comes from whichever of Hillel or Chabad on Campus reports more kosher food, and the source is shown in brackets, e.g. "Full (Chabad)" or "On meal plan (Hillel)". When the two sources disagree a lot, the school page says so.
- Israel Fellow
- Whether an Israeli staff member is placed at the school's Hillel to run Israel programs.
- JLIC educator
- Whether an Orthodox Union (OU-JLIC) educator couple serves Orthodox and observant students on campus.
- Hillel training
- Whether the school takes part in Hillel's Campus Climate Initiative, which trains staff on antisemitism. A sign the administration is engaged.
- Chabad
- Whether Chabad on Campus lists a Chabad house serving the school. "Yes, nearby" = a full-time Chabad house within about a mile, which adds 2 community points. From the Chabad on Campus directory (chabadoncampus.org); its numbers are estimates reported by each Chabad house.
- ACF brief
- Whether Alums for Campus Fairness's 2025-26 Campus Climate Brief named the school "most supportive," an honorable mention, or "most concerning."
- ADL pts (out of 30)
- A = 30, B = 22, C = 12, D = 5, F = 0. Not graded = 15 (neutral).
- StopAntisemitism pts (out of 30)
- Same scale as ADL: A = 30, B = 22, C = 12, D = 5, F = 0. Not graded = 15.
- BDS pts (out of 20)
- None since 2020 = 20; failed or prevented = 14; passed but blocked or disputed = 8; passed = 5; passed in 2025-26 = 2.
- Federal pts (out of 20)
- No case, or a case not about antisemitism = 20; open shared-ancestry case not yet checked = 15; Justice Department review only = 12; antisemitism case, Justice Department finding, or named in the March 2025 letter = 10.
- Community pts (out of 24)
- Up to 12 for share of Jewish students (15%+ = 12, 8–15% = 9, 4–8% = 6, 1–4% = 3), plus 4 each for Israel Fellow, JLIC educator and Hillel training, plus 2 for a full-time Chabad house within a mile of campus. Capped at 24. Kosher is scored separately.
- Kosher pts (out of 8)
- Full = 8, Separate plan = 6, Limited = 3, Shabbat/holidays only = 1, none found = 0. From the sources (not verified): Full = 7, Separate plan = 6, On meal plan or Daily meal = 5, Limited = 3, Packaged only = 1. With "Kosher food matters to me" on: 25, 19, 9, 3 and 0 (sourced levels scale the same way).
- ACF pts (bonus)
- +5 most supportive, +3 honorable mention, −5 most concerning, 0 if not listed.
- Notes
- Details behind the BDS answer (vote year, conflicting sources).
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Disclaimer
This site gathers and organizes information that other organizations have published. It is not a recommendation, endorsement or ranking of any college's quality, and it is not educational, legal, safety or financial advice. Choosing a college is a personal decision. Please visit campuses, talk to Hillel and Chabad staff and to current Jewish students, and contact each school directly.
How to read the scores
The scores combine third-party grades, public records and community data using weights we chose. Another method would give different results. A score describes the information available to us; it does not measure how safe any campus is, and it cannot predict what any individual student will experience. Incidents can happen at any school, including those with high scores.
Accuracy
Information comes from the sources listed on this page and on each school's page. It may be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and sources sometimes disagree. Only schools marked "Verified" were checked one by one; all other data appears as the sources published it. Grades, ratings and incident counts reflect each source's own definitions and methods, which we do not control. An open federal investigation is not a finding that a school broke the law.
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Respect and non-discrimination
This site exists to help students find campuses where they can live openly as Jews. It is not directed against any school, student group, faith, nationality or people, and it should not be used to harass, target or discriminate against anyone. We welcome all visitors and treat every school by the same published rules.
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Corrections
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More caveats and the full source list
- The federal Office for Civil Rights list of open cases hasn't been updated since January 14, 2025, so some cases it shows as open were already settled. Each case here was checked against news and agency sources.
- Kosher dining changes from year to year (new stations open, Hillel cafés close). Confirm with the school's dining office and Hillel before deciding.
- Most schools have not been verified one by one. Use the "Data checked" filter and the Data column to see which scores are firmer.
- A calm record at a school with a very small Jewish community means little activity, not strong Jewish life. Check the community points.
- Report-card grades reflect one organization's method each. Talk to the Hillel director and current Jewish students before deciding.
- Sources: Hillel International College Guide; ADL Campus Antisemitism Report Card 2025 and 2026; StopAntisemitism 2025 College Report; Alums for Campus Fairness 2025-26 Campus Climate Brief; U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights; U.S. Department of Justice; Jewish Virtual Library divestment list; IPEDS 2023 (campus locations); U.S. Census ZIP code centroids; Chabad on Campus directory. Data current as of November 2026.
- This is an independent compilation of public information. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hillel International, ADL, StopAntisemitism, Alums for Campus Fairness or the U.S. government. Grades and descriptions belong to those organizations; see each source for its methods.