Ivy League universities

8 universities in the directory carry this tag, across 7 states. Each profile lists admission requirements, published costs, test policy and deadlines.

Private Founded 1764

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

Acceptance: 5.2%
In-state tuition: $68,000
Undergrads: 7,600

The Open Curriculum removes distribution requirements and lets students take any course pass or fail.

Private Founded 1754

Columbia University

New York, New York

Acceptance: 3.9%
In-state tuition: $68,400
Undergrads: 8,900

A Manhattan Ivy with a mandatory Core Curriculum and a binding Early Decision round in November.

Private Founded 1865

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Acceptance: 7.3%
In-state tuition: $45,000
Undergrads: 16,000

An Ivy that mixes private and state-supported colleges, so New York residents pay reduced tuition in four contract colleges.

Private Founded 1769

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

Acceptance: 5.4%
In-state tuition: $66,000
Undergrads: 4,500

Runs on a year-round quarter calendar that sends most students abroad or into internships during a summer term on campus.

Private Founded 1636

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Acceptance: 3.6%
In-state tuition: $59,320
Undergrads: 7,200

The oldest degree-granting institution in the United States, with need-based financial aid that replaces loans with grants for most admitted families.

Private Founded 1746

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

Acceptance: 4.5%
In-state tuition: $59,710
Undergrads: 5,600

An undergraduate-focused Ivy where every student writes a senior thesis and aid packages contain no loans.

Private Founded 1740

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Acceptance: 5.8%
In-state tuition: $66,000
Undergrads: 10,500

Home of the Wharton School and of coordinated dual-degree programmes that combine business with engineering or the arts.

Private Founded 1701

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

Acceptance: 4.6%
In-state tuition: $64,700
Undergrads: 6,600

An Ivy League university organised into residential colleges, accepting AP and IB results in place of SAT or ACT scores.

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States represented: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.