Description A private Catholic university, Fordham offers its 14,700 students -- hailing from all 50 states and 50 foreign countries -- degree programs through 10 graduate and undergraduate schools. Called the Jesuit University of New York, Fordham has four locations including the original Rose Hill campus in the Bronx (often the scene of location shooting for movies, TV shows, and commercials), the Westchester campus, the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, as well as a biological field station in Armonk, New York, and international centers in China and the UK. The school opened in 1841 as St. John's College. It officially changed its name to Fordham University in 1907.
Fordham University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 951 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Fordham University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 87% of employees would recommend working at Fordham University to a friend. This is based on 953 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
77% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Fordham University as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Fordham University.