Ivy League Education

Ivy League is the name applied to the following eight private institutions:

1 Brown University - U.S. News & World Report ranked Brown 15th among the top national universities in its 2011 edition.

2 Columbia University in New York - Rated 10th internationally in the QS World University Rankings 2011, and in the world's top 10 for the subjects of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences.

3 Cornell University - Ranked 38th nationally and 6th among Ivy League universities in The Washington Monthly's 2010 ranking of universities' contributions to research, community service, and social mobility.

4 Dartmouth College - For the third year in a row, Dartmouth has earned top billing for “Strong Commitment to Teaching” in U.S. News “Best Colleges 2012”. In addition, Dartmouth ranked No. 7 in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category.

5 Harvard University - Ranked 2nd in the Top 400 World University Rankings published by the Times Higher Education (2011-12).

6 Princeton University - Harvard and Princeton tied for the No. 1 spot among best national universities (USNWR 2012).

7 University of Pennsylvania - Rated 14th by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (moving up one spot from 2010).

8 Yale University - Ranked 4th in the 2011 QS World University Rankings and 10th in the 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

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