Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletics association, founded in 1954, of eight universities located in the eastern United States. The term has connotations of academic excellence, as well as a certain amount of elitism.

Reputation

All Ivy League schools are currently known for their highly selective undergraduate programs. Indeed, acceptance rates to all of the schools have dropped consistently over the past decade, ranging from 9.1% for Harvard to 26.1% for Cornell. These rates are far lower than they were in the 1990s. As recently as 1992, acceptance rates ranged from 16% for Harvard to 47% for the University of Pennsylvania (1).

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1990s - 1992

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The Ivy League is well-represented in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings. In the 2006 ranking, all of its schools are ranked between #1 and #15. The rankings include all eight of the schools: Harvard University (Tied for #1), Princeton University (Tied for #1), Yale University (#3), University of Pennsylvania (#4), Columbia University (#9), Dartmouth College (#9), Cornell University (#13), and Brown University (#15).

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U.S. News and World Report - 2006 - Harvard University - Princeton University - Yale University - University of Pennsylvania - Columbia University - Dartmouth College - Cornell University - Brown University

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