akuperma -“If you have the grades and scores to go to NYU or Columbia, they are better schools than Touro. If you can get into a public university (e.g.CUNY or SUNY for a New Yorkers), the in-state tuition is much cheaper. Some people lack the grades to get into a public university, and they’ll find Touro is an option. Some people find a co-ed non-Jewish environment to be too intimidating if not hostile, and Touro is an answer.”
Let me explain you the reason why many Frum Jews pick Touro. Even if they have the grades for Ivy league schools they pick Touro. Even if it costs a little more they pick Touro. Why? In the non co-ed schools Frum people pick it not because it’s intimidating otherwise, just it makes keeping Halacha easier. There are a lot of Halacha problems that can come up in Co-ed schools.
And even in the Co-ed schools Frum people go there because they will never have class on Shabbos or on Yom Tov and only part of the day on Erev of these days. I’ve gone to other colleges and I always had to make my schedule around Shabbos and when I needed to take off Yom Tov, even though they had to legally let me off – they gave me a hard time.