Designated: CAIR’s 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report
The Council on American-Islamic Relations released “Designated: CAIR’s 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report,” evaluating 51 campuses that have engaged in the suppression and targeting of Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, and allied students speaking out against genocide from October 2023 to December 2025.
University of Minnesota
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Kentucky
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of California, San Francisco
Total Points: 40%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of California, San Diego
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
School of Art Institute of Chicago
Total Points: 60%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Ohio State University
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Montana State University
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Georgetown University
Total Points: 62%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Yale University
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Virginia Commonwealth University
Total Points: 45%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Wisconsin
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Washington
Total Points: 40%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Texas at Dallas
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Oregon
Total Points: 57%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Missouri
Total Points: 55%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
City University of New York (CUNY)
Total Points: 2%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
CAIR’s 2025-26 Back to School Resource Guide
CAIR’s 2025-26 Back to School Resource Guide empowers Muslim students and families to know their rights, speak out, and seek accommodations with confidence.
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Total Points: 47%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign Newsletter
CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign is a project aimed at fostering a campus environment where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza enjoy free speech and academic freedom and are not subjected to state force or university discipline due to their viewpoints. CAIR challenges […]
Wayne State University (WSU)
Total Points: 32%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Cornell University
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Tulane University
Total Points: 42%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Pittsburgh (UPitt)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Northern Arizona University (NAU)
Total Points: 45%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
George Mason University (GMU)
Total Points: 30%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Protest Policy Guidance For Colleges and Universities
This comprehensive guide provides college and university administrators with actionable steps to protect students’ right to protest—especially Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, Jewish, and allied students—while maintaining campus safety and inclusion. 🏛️ Institutional Responsibilities 🛡️ Protecting Protesters 👩🏽🏫 Faculty Protections 🧾 Immigration Status Protections ⏰ Time, Place & Manner (TPM) Guidelines ⚖️ Differentiating Protest from Harassment 🌱 […]
University Administrator’s Guide to an Unhostile Campus
This guide is part of CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign, a project aimed at fostering a campus environment where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza enjoy free speech and academic freedom and are not subjected to state force or university discipline due to their […]