Brandeis University was founded in 1948 by Jewish funds. It is a very young university, but the school has developed rapidly and is one of the five prestigious universities in Boston (Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, Boston College). The school advocates small class teaching and has a famous undergraduate education in the United States. In the 2014 USNEWS comprehensive ranking of American universities, it ranked 32nd alongside the College of William and Mary, New York University, and the University of Rochester.