Ok. I get it. I’m Jewish too.
Mid or mid large. CU Boulder would be great but large.
So Western Washington…up and coming and you may get WUE.
U of Oregon, a bit large, but strong Jewish life.
I mentioned u of AZ already. Honors dorm is AWESOME.
Cal Poly - a bit large but strong Jewish presence.
DU
Kansas I mentioned - large Jewish population. Much smaller but a Jewish life is Mizzou.
It’s very big but he’d go dirt cheap - lots of Jewish students is Alabama. Smart kids abound. They have auto merit and the most NMFs in the country. Check out the Bloom Hillel. His tuition would be $3-4k. Strong presence.
Delaware
AU already mentioned.
Syracuse already mentioned.
Miami Ohio safety and U Miami match. Rochester slight reach
SUNY Albany and Bing
UVM
FSU but a large student body but not campus.
Elon
Crazy to say but take a look at SMU - Hillel lists it as a top.
DU and American heavily cross shop each other so the answer might be in your own back yard, especially if he has interest in international politics.