Exclusive | F grades handed to 14 colleges in antisemitism ‘report card’ as Jewish students forced to hide identities

“At Columbia University, Jewish students have faced repeated antisemitic incidents including vandalism, hate filled emails, and disruptions glorifying extremist violence,” the report said.

“Federal investigators found the university showed ‘deliberate indifference toward these issues and threatened to halt hundreds of millions in funding,” it added, slamming The New School for similar allegations.

Several other Ivy League schools also received failing grades, including Brown University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale.

While Harvard vowed to tackle antisemitism in 2025 amid a public battle with the Trump administration over federal grants, StopAntisemitism found that “despite the new initiatives, the campus climate remains tense and accountability uncertain.”

The report claimed the case was the same for the other failing Ivy Leagues, slamming their campuses “unsafe for Jewish students.”

Other prestigious schools that failed include MIT, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley. All together, 14 out of the 90 schools received a failing grade from StopAntisemistim.

“The schools that received Fs in the report have become ground zero for antisemitism in American higher education,” Rez said. “These institutions pride themselves on being moral and intellectually elite, yet they repeatedly fail to protect Jewish students from harassment, intimidation, hostility, and real violence.”

Dartmouth, located in New Hampshire, received the highest grade for an Ivy League school in this year’s report with a B-rating.

Only 15 schools received an A in the report, including Baylor, Clemson, Elon and Colorado State University.

Cornell University, which received an F-grading last year, was bumped up to C, with StopAntisemitism noting that the administration has worked to address some of the concerns from Jewish students about safety on campus.

“Cornell students reported multiple antisemitic incidents, raising concerns about safety and campus climate. The administration addressed them and affirmed its commitment to inclusivity, though some students felt support and enforcement were inconsistent,” the report said.

Vassar College, located in upstate Poughkeepsie, also saw an improvement going from a D-rating last year all the way to a B in 2025 for its works to “enhance student safety.”

New York University, which was home to several anti-Israeli protests, also received a C-grading, with students still asking the school to do more to tackle antisemitism.

Overall, only 62% of students surveyed said they would recommend their schools to fellow Jews.

StopAntisemitism’s annual report was put together by documenting the volume of antisemitic incidents that occurred at American colleges in 2025, with a survey launched at the schools to get first hand accounts from Jewish students.

StopAntisemitism ultimately called on all schools in the US to follow in the footsteps of the A-rated universities in condemning hate against Jewish students and forming a transparent and standard investigation policy against acts of hate.

“While much of the attention has rightly focused on failures, this report also highlights campuses that understand what real leadership looks like,” Rez said.

“These schools don’t wait for national headlines or external pressures to act, they set clear standards, enforce them consistently and fairly, and make it known that antisemitism is not tolerated on their campus,” she added.