page_title: Fordham University
section_title: Rankings and reputation
hierarchical_section_title: Fordham University / Academics / Rankings and reputation
caption_attribution_description: English: O'Hare Hall at Fordham University
context_page_description: Fordham University is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named for the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States, and the third-oldest university in New York State.
  Founded as St. John's College by John Hughes, then a coadjutor bishop of New York, the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become a Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a lay board of trustees. The college's first president, John McCloskey, was later the first Catholic cardinal in the United States. While governed independently of the Church since 1969, every president of Fordham University since 1846 has been a Jesuit priest, and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles. Fordham is the only Jesuit tertiary institution in New York City.
  Fordham's alumni and faculty include U.S.
context_section_description: Fordham University is ranked by several national organizations. In 2019, the university was ranked by the U.S. News & World Report no. 70 in "Best National Universities," and ranked no. 62 under "High School Counselor Rankings". In 2019, Forbes ranked the university at no. 148 among "America's Best Colleges" as well as the 78th best research university in the country, while Kiplinger ranked it at no. 61 among private institutions for Best Values in Colleges and Universities in 2016.
  In 2014, Business Insider ranked Fordham no. 131 on a list of "The 600 Smartest Colleges in America," based on the student body's average SAT scores. Fordham has also been named one of the country's Hidden Ivies, which are classed as "renowned academic institutions" that "rival the Ivy League."
  Ranking and reputation of individual departments and schools at Fordham are generally well regarded, and numerous among them rank among the top 100 in the United States. The Gabelli School of Business, undergraduate was ranked no. 8 of "Undergraduate International Business Rankings" by the U.S. News & World Report in 2017, and the year prior, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked it the 27th best undergraduate business school in the nation.
  The Fordham School of Law was ranked no. 36 of "America's Best Law Schools" by the U.S. News & World Report in 2017 and Gabelli Business School's MBA program no. 83 among America's Best Business Schools (2016). In the years prior, the business program was ranked no. 72 among "Best Full-Time MBA Programs" by Bloomberg Businessweek (2015), no. 79 among "Best Executive MBA Programs in the World" by the Financial Times (2015), and no. 39 among "Best Executive MBA Programs" by Bloomberg Businessweek (2013).
  Fordham's various graduate programs have also been ranked by the U.S. News & World Report: In 2017, the graduate program of Education was named the 45th best in the United States; its English graduate programs were ranked 51st in the nation, while its history and sociology programs were ranked no. 79 and 102, respectively. The graduate program in social work was ranked the 22nd best social work program in the United States, while the university's clinical psychology and psychology programs ranked no. 74 and 141, respectively.
  Globally, Fordham was ranked 90th amongst the "World's top 100 universities for producing millionaires," as compiled by THE in 2013. According to data from The New York Times, Fordham ranked at no. 8 out of 71 "highly selective private colleges" yielding the greatest overall social mobility; this data reflects the share of all students who came from lower-income families and ended up in higher-income families after completing their education. École des Mines de Paris's listing – which reviews over 3,000 educational institutions around the world, selects some 700 schools and ranks them according to their ability to place their graduates in Fortune 500 CEO and leading positions – ranks Fordham University 16th on their list, making it the highest ranked Catholic institution.
caption: O'Hare Hall at Rose Hill campus
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