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Fordham University

Private research university in New York City, USA

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About

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  • 1841
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Location and contact

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  • New York City · country: United States · postal code: 10458 · coordinate location: 40.8612, -73.8860 · street address: 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx
street address
  • 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY, 10458
postal code
  • 10458
coordinate location
  • 40.8628, -73.8858
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 16,986 · 2022
  • 15,000 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
Earlier figures (2)
  • 16,364 · 2021
  • 16,364 · 2020
employees
  • 3,267 · September 2020
admission rate
  • 53% · 2020
admission yield rate
  • 8% · 2020
position held by head of the organization

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Finances

endowment
  • $972,446,000 · 30 June 2022
Earlier figures (2)
  • $1,003,039,000 · 30 June 2021
  • $712,775,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets
  • $2,151,423,000 · 30 June 2020
funder
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $350,000 · award rationale: to support the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School’s work in archiving police violence and its efforts towards advocacy using the archive · 2023
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $100,000 · award rationale: to support the redesign of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center website in order to meet increased demand for the promotion and dissemination of materials for audiences using Russian language in Eurasia · 2023
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $125,821 · award rationale: to provide support for the Essential Worker and Stay-at-Home Economy Project at the School of Law · 2020
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $100,000 · award rationale: to facilitate the dissemination of published research on human rights in traditional Orthodox Christian countries, particularly those in the Eurasia region · 2020
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $167,200 · award rationale: to support research and advocacy to advance standards of decent work for refugees in Jordan and other less-developed countries · 2018

Structure and memberships

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  • 27,565 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19730865 · 9 February 2023
  • 8,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCUdbf5cfObx0otEI67OREEA · 27 September 2025
Earlier figures (2)
  • 26,439 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19730865 · 8 January 2022
  • 25,403 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19730865 · 2 January 2021
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  • 1339 · subject named as: Fordham University Library
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  • DA02907726 · subject named as: Fordham University
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  • Fordham · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Fordham: For those who like riding the Ram Van. · since 4 August 2011
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  • FordhamNYC · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 19730865 · 28 December 2020
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  • UCUdbf5cfObx0otEI67OREEA · subject named as: Fordham University · number of works: 347 · number of subscribers: 7,980 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,963,334 · 21 September 2025
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