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There are dozens of student organizations on campus, from a computer science club to the Student Holocaust Education Movement. The school has a Center for the Jewish Future, which sponsors projects like the YU Torah Online. Students design regular Shabbat programs, and produce publications at each campus, including newspapers The Commentator and The Observer.

Clubs and activities are maintained by the students in each school, generally under the auspices of a student government. Besides, YU is just a short distance from shopping, Broadway, Central Park, and a variety of museums.

Freshmen are not required to live on campus, though many choose to do so. However, approximately 80% of the undergraduate student populations live on campus.

Many of our students find that living on campus enhances and enriches their lives immeasurably. Whether it’s participating in the many club events that occur regularly or listening to—and interacting with—world-renowned leaders discussing a certain topic, students are not only immersed in the midst of all that’s happening at Yeshiva University but in the great metropolis of New York as well. The university provides several housing options for students, as well as kosher dining venues, and Shabbat at YU offers students an opportunity relax with their peers, great food and exciting social programming.

Housing options include: men's housing, women's housing, apartments for married students, apartments for single students.

Career center helps students to explore, clarify, and implement their academic, personal, and career goals. Organizing career fairs and on campus interviews, it is a bridge between alumni and employers.

Undergraduate and graduate tuition fee costs $65. Estimated total costs for out-of-state students living on campus are about $61,000 a year. This sum includes tuition and fees ($40,500), room and board ($12,000), books, and supplies ($1,000), estimated personal expenses ($5,500) and transportation expenses ($1,000) per year.

Now in its second century, Yeshiva University is the oldest and most comprehensive educational research institution under Jewish auspices in America, founded in 1886. It is an independent university that ranks among the nation's leading academic research institutions and, reflecting the time-honored tradition of Torah Umadda, provides the highest quality Jewish and secular education of any Jewish university in the world. 

While the majority of students at the University are of the Jewish faith, many students, especially at School of Law, the College of Medicine, and the School of Business, are not Jewish. Yeshiva University is an independent institution chartered by New York State.

The U.S. News and World Report's 2017 "America's Best Colleges" ranked Yeshiva University as the 66th best National University.

YU alumni have gone on to become distinguished rabbinic leaders, world political leaders, business giants and philanthropists. Alumni have achieved immense success and made significant contributions to society and the Jewish community both nationally and worldwide. 

The most popular specializations among students are Business/Marketing (27% of total number of bachelors), Biology (18%), Psychology (14%), Social Sciences (11%), English (6%), Interdisciplinary Studies (5%), Philosophy and Religious Studies (5%).