Top Universities in the U S The Ivy

Top Universities in the U. S. The Ivy League

The Ivy League (Ivies, Ancient Eight) • The term refers to a group of 8 private colleges and universities renowned for providing an excellent education and their significant history. • These universities were some of the earliest American institutions founded: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Harvard in 1636 Yale in 1701 Pennsylvania in 1740 Princeton in 1746 Columbia in 1754 Brown in 1764 Dartmouth in 1769 Cornell in 1865

• The term officially refers to an athletic conference in which the eight colleges' sports teams compete, it has grown to have much wider connotations, because the members of the Ivy League compete academically as well as athletically. • Seven of the eight Ivy League schools were founded in the Colonial Era of the United States, before the American Revolution. 1. Harvard - the 1 st wealthiest university in the world 2. Yale - the 2 nd wealthiest 4. Princeton - the 4 th wealthiest

• Located in Providence Rhode Island, Brown University has easy access to both Boston and New York City. • considered the most liberal of the Ivies • well known for its flexible curriculum (students construct their own plan of study) • Brown places more emphasis on undergraduate study (research houses) Total Cost: $58, 140 Most Popular Majors: Biology, Economics, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, History, Human Biology, International Relations, Neuroscience, Political Science

• For those who love an urban environment • location in upper Manhattan sits right on a subway line, so students have easy access to all of New York City. • Columbia is a research institution • a third of its 26, 000 students are undergraduates. Total Cost: $61, 540 Most Popular Majors: Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Science, Civil Engineering, Economics, English, History, Neuroscience, Nursing, Operations Research, Political Science, Psychology

• • the largest undergraduate population of all the Ivies, strengths in a broad range of disciplines location - in Ithaca, New York huge hillside campus overlooks Lake Cayuga and is crisscrossed by deep gorges and bridges. Cornell is unique among the Ivy League universities in that its agricultural program is part of the state school system. well known for its schools of engineering and hotel management Cornell's athletic teams are called the Big Red Total Cost: $57, 000 Most Popular Majors: Agricultural Business, Animal Science, Biology, Economics, Hotel Management, Human Development, Industrial and Labor Relations, Mechanical Engineering, Political Science

• • • Location - Hanover, New Hampshire The college (really a university) is the smallest of the Ivies The institution consists of a liberal arts college, the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business The campus is isolated participation in athletics and the school's Greek system is strong Nickname - Big Green Total Cost: $61, 398 Most Popular Majors: Biology, Economics, Engineering, English, History, Political Science, Psychology

• Durham, North Carolina • an acceptance rate - in the teens, (the most selective university in the South). • ranked nationally among the top ten universities • the highest concentration of Ph. Ds and MDs in the world • athletic team - the Blue Devils Total Cost: $57, 000 Most Popular Majors: Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Economics, English, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy

• the largest of any educational institution in the world. • students from families with modest incomes can attend for free • Cambridge, Massachusetts • Nickname - Harvard Crimson Total Cost: $55, 000 Most Popular Majors at Harvard: Biology, Economics, English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences

• • • vies with Harvard for the top spot Princeton, New Jersey the University provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Nickname – Tigers Princeton University's anthem - Old Nassau

• • • considered the best school on the west coast Stanford, California It is organized into seven schools alumni have founded many prominent companies including Google, Hewlett. Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo! home to the original papers of Martin Luther King Nickname - Cardinal Total Cost: $58, 846 Most Popular Majors: Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, English, Human Biology, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Psychology

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