What makes a school ivy league?

Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious, and are ranked among the best universities worldwide by U. S. News & World Report. All eight universities place in the top fourteen of the U. S. News & World Report 2018 national university rankings, including the top four schools and five of the top eight. read more

How the Ivy League Was Formed. The term “Ivy League” came about in 1954, when the NCAA athletic conference for Division I was formed. At the time, the elitism of these schools was really due to their prestige in the realm of sports like basketball. read more

In this guide, we rank the college and explain how they compare and how to pick the best one for you. read more

The Ivy League schools are some of the oldest higher education institutions founded in the United States: Brown University in 1764, Columbia in 1754, Cornell in 1865, Dartmouth in 1769, Harvard in 1636, Princeton in 1746, University of Pennsylvania in 1740 and Yale in 1701. read more

Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious, and are ranked among the best universities worldwide by U.S. News & World Report. All eight universities place in the top fourteen of the U.S. News & World Report 2018 national university rankings, including the top four schools and five of the top eight. read more