Here is a focused list of the Ivy League schools, ordered by estimated percentage of Jewish students (highest → lowest). Percentages are approximate and based on long-standing estimates from Hillel International, Ivy Coach, and campus reporting (Ivies do not publish official religious demographics).
Ivy League — Ranked by % of Jewish Students
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Brown University — ~24–25%
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Columbia University — ~23–24%
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Cornell University — ~20%
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University of Pennsylvania — ~16–18%
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Yale University — ~14–15%
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Harvard University — ~10–12%
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Princeton University — ~9–10%
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Dartmouth College — ~8–9%
Context & Notes
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Brown and Columbia consistently rank highest among the Ivies by percentage, not just raw numbers.
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Cornell has a large Jewish population both in absolute numbers and percentage due to its size.
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Penn sits in the middle with a strong Jewish campus presence.
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Harvard and Princeton have large Jewish student communities numerically, but lower percentages due to overall enrollment and admissions composition.
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Dartmouth tends to have the smallest percentage among the Ivies.
If you’d like, I can also:
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Rank Ivies by absolute number of Jewish students
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Compare Jewish campus life / Hillel strength across the Ivies
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Discuss recent campus climate differences (post-2023)
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Compare Ivies to peer schools (Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, etc.)
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