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I agree that no matter how the data is obtained or how accurate it is, you need to check out the school for yourself. When I decided to go to a school with a very small Jewish population, my parents were happy that there was at least a Hillel--but the Hillel could not have been less "Jewish." Desperate for members, they started advertising themselves as "not really a Jewish group" and even had a St. Patrick's Day condom sale. (The condoms I don't mind, but St. Patrick's Day?) And while I personally am not religious, it didn't occur to me that A) Diversity is great (not that there was ANY where I went to school; it was mostly white and Christian/Catholic), but it's nice to be able to connect with something familiar while you're away from home, and B) While I didn't have much of a problem being around non-Jews, I did have a problem being around many people who had never seen a Jew, assumed all Jewish people are Kosher, and would rather see me come to Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and find Jesus than practice my own religion.
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