Jewish enrollment at Harvard drops to lowest level since before WWII

(JNS) — A new report by the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance found that Jewish undergraduate enrollment at Harvard University has dropped to about 7 percent in 2025, its lowest level since before World War  II and the lowest among Ivy League schools with reliable data.

Titled “Jewish Enrollment at Harvard and Its Peers, 1967–2025: A Narrowing Gate,” the analysis reviewed nearly six decades of figures from Hillel International, historical Harvard Crimson surveys and peer‑institution reporting. It found that the share of Jewish undergraduates at Harvard has fallen by roughly half over the past dec...