Antisemitism in US higher education

Jews have faced antisemitism and discrimination in universities and campuses in the United States, from the founding of universities in the Thirteen Colonies until the present day in varying intensities. From the early 20th century, and until the 1960s, indirect quotas were placed on Jewish admissions, quotas were first placed on Jews by elite universities such Columbia, Harvard and Yale and were prevalent as late as the 1960s in universities such as Stanford. These quotas disappeared in the 1970s.

Some have perceived a resurgence of antisemitism in US higher education in the early 21st century with the growth of anti-Zionism and opposition to Israeli actions in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Supporters of Israel, including US politicians, have characterized protests in solidarity with Palestine, especially those during the Gaza war and genocide accusations, as antisemitic. Critics of these characterizations describe them as weaponizing the accusation of antisemitism to silence solidarity with Palestine and critique of Israel. In 2025, Donald Trump announced major federal funding cuts to universities he has described as antisemitic and under his administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has carried out a campaign of attempted deportations of activists his administration has described as antisemitic.