#174, overall score 36.58/100
Fun Fact:
To mark the university’s centennial in 2012, the alumni association commissioned local artists to create 100 life-size tiger statues.
CAMPUS INFORMATION
- Location: Memphis, Tenn.
- Region: South
- Campus type: Big city
- Public/Private: Public
- Undergraduate enrollment: 17,176
- Jewish undergraduate enrollment: 75
- Jewish population share: 0.4%
- Student origin: 90% in-state / 10% out-of-state
- Student newspaper: The Daily Helmsman
- NCAA Division: I
- NCAA team: Tigers
COST & AID Score: 9.17/15
- Score: 9.17/15
- In-state tuition: $9,701
- Out-of-state tuition: $21,413
- Room & board costs: $9,366
- Average annual scholarship/grant package: $6,678
- Average loan debt: $27,155
ACADEMICS Score: 3.33/20
- Score: 3.33/20
- Acceptance rate: 62%
- Student/faculty ratio: 14:1
- Median SAT range: 880-1160
- Jewish Studies program: Bornblum Judaic Studies
- Jewish Studies major: Yes
- Hebrew major: No
ISRAEL Score: 10/20
- Score: 10/20
- Size of Birthright trip: 2
- Israel Studies center: No
- Israel-related clubs: 0
- BDS vote in last four years: Never introduced
SAFETY Score: 9/11
- Score: 9/11
- Anti-Semitic incidents in 2017: 0
- Campus crime rate: 2.72/1,000 students (medium low)
- City crime rate: 74.55/1,000 people (high)
- LGBT center: Yes
JEWISH LIFE Score: 5.08/34
- Score: 5.08/34
- Hillel: Hillel of Memphis
- Chabad: No
- OU-JLIC: No
- Jewish fraternities: ZBT
- Jewish sororities: None
- Synagogues within 10 miles: 5 (3 Orthodox, 1 Conservative, 1 Reform)
- Eruv: No
- Most famous Jewish alum: Steve Cohen
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