If you plan on majoring in jewish studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #445 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Jewish Studies Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 906 degrees in jewish studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of jewish studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Jewish Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Jewish Studies Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of judaic studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a great option for students pursuing a degree in jewish studies. Located in the city of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 56 jewish studies students who graduated with this degree at Jewish Theological Seminary of America in the most recent year we have data available.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in jewish studies. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.
There were approximately 1 jewish studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Brooklyn College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in jewish studies. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.
There were roughly 1 jewish studies students who graduated with this degree at Brooklyn College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).