Fordham University

Fordham University is a private school founded in 1841. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 10,307 (Fall 2023) on a 93-acre campus located in an urban area. The university operates on a semester-based academic calendar. Fordham University is ranked 91st among national universities in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges. Its tuition and fees are $64,470.

At Fordham University, as the school's website states, "New York is (your) campus." The school's campuses are located throughout New York City, allowing students to live and study in a strong urban atmosphere. The school's original Bronx campus is located in Rose Hill, within walking distance of the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and Little Italy. Today, Fordham has two other campuses: the Lincoln Center campus near Central Park and the Westchester campus in West Harrison, NY. Freshmen do not have to live on campus, but any student who is promised housing at the time of enrollment is guaranteed a room for four consecutive years. Students can travel between campuses on the school's Ram van, a burgundy-colored shuttle bus that runs every half hour. The school calculates that the van makes the equivalent of 18.5 trips around the world in one year. The Fordham Rams compete in Division I of the NCAA Atlantic 10 Conference. Fordham University is a Jesuit university with no Greek language system.

Among Fordham's graduate programs is the highly ranked Fordham Law School, home to the nation's first fashion law school. Graduates and undergraduates alike can take advantage of the Louis Calder Center, a biological field station where environmental studies courses and research are conducted. A dozen graduate students each year get to live in cabins at the biological field station to be closer to their research. Notable alumni include NBA sports anchor Mike Breen, former Connecticut Congressman Robert Giaimo, and former U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter.