Public Ivy

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"Public Ivy" is an informal term that refers to public colleges and universities in the United States that are perceived to provide a collegiate experience on the level of Ivy League universities. [1] [2] There is no trademark for the term, and the list of schools associated with the classification has changed over time.

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The term was first coined in 1985 by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. That initial list included eight universities and nine runners-up. [1] In 2001, college guide authors Howard Greene and Matthew Greene, released their own book, The Public Ivies: The Great State Colleges and Universities, [3] which included 30 schools. [2]

Debates about Public Ivies have centered on whether state budgetary cuts are undermining their future; [4] [5] whether raising tuition at Public Ivies has "gentrified" the schools; [6] whether states should be subsidizing higher education in the first place; [6] whether graduates of Public Ivies are able to pay back student loans as quickly as their Ivy League counterparts; [7] and whether out-of-state tuition is too high. [6] [8]

History

The term first appeared in the Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, published in 1985. [1] The author, Richard Moll, graduated with a master's degree from Yale University in 1959, and served as an admissions officer as well as a director of admissions at several universities in the United States. [9] He traveled the nation examining higher education institutions, and selected eight that were comparable to the Ivy League. [10] [11]

Moll's original ranking methodology included factors such as academic rigor, quality of faculty, and cost of tuition, as well as assessments of campus facilities, available resources, age, and major cultural traditions celebrated at each institution. [12] [13]

Original list published in 1985

Runners-up

As part of the initial 1985 publication, Moll also selected nine "worthy runner-up" universities: [14]

Notable updates

Greenes' Guides list (2001)

The list of "public Ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. A notable update was published in 2001, when Howard and Matthew Greene included the following 30 colleges and universities in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities. [2]

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A map of colleges listed as public ivies in the 2001 version of The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities by Howard and Matthew Greene.

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Mid-Atlantic

Western

Great Lakes and Midwest

Southern

List of Public Ivies

InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollment
(fall 2023) [15] 		Endowment
(FY23) [16] 		RankingAdmit rate [15] AthleticsColors
USNWR Public [17] USNWR National [18] AffiliationNickname
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 188553,001$1.29 billion5210986%NCAA Div I
Big 12 		Wildcats    
Binghamton University Vestal, New York 194618,456$182.7 million34 (tie)73 (tie)38%NCAA Div I
America East 		Bearcats      
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 186845,699$2.91 billion21712%NCAA Div I
ACC 		Golden Bears    
University of California, Davis Davis, California 190539,707$678.0 million9 (tie)33 (tie)42%NCAA Div I
Big West 		Aggies    
University of California, Irvine Irvine, California 196536,582$795.9 million9 (tie)33 (tie)26%NCAA Div I
Big West 		Anteaters    
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 191946,678$3.87 billion1159%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Bruins    
University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California 196042,376$1.36 billion62925%NCAA Div I
Big West 		Tritons    
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California 189126,068$578.8 million13 (tie)39 (tie)28%NCAA Div I
Big West 		Gauchos    
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 187641,432$2.10 billion
(system-wide)		46 (tie)98 (tie)83%NCAA Div I
Big 12 		Buffaloes      
University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 188127,364$577.3 million327054%NCAA Div I
Big East 		Huskies    
University of Delaware Newark, Delaware 174324,221$1.82 billion448665%NCAA Div I
CAA 		Fightin' Blue Hens    
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 185354,814$2.34 billion7 (tie)30 (tie)24%NCAA Div I
SEC 		Gators    
University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 178541,615$1.81 billion18 (tie)46 (tie)37%NCAA Div I
SEC 		Bulldogs    
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 186756,563$3.38 billion
(system-wide)		9 (tie)33 (tie)44%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Fighting Illini    
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana 182047,527$3.56 billion
(system-wide)		34 (tie)73 (tie)80%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Hoosiers    
University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 184730,042$3.26 billion46 (tie)98 (tie)85%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Hawkeyes    
University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 185640,813$2.10 billion
(system-wide)		174445%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Terrapins        
Miami University Oxford, Ohio 180918,618$741.2 million6913682%NCAA Div I
MAC 		RedHawks    
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 181752,065$17.88 billion32118%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Wolverines    
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 185551,316$4.50 billion30 (tie)63 (tie)84%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Spartans    
University of Minnesota Minneapolis–St Paul, Minnesota 185154,890$5.50 billion
(system-wide)		23 (tie)54 (tie)77%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Golden Gophers    
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill,
North Carolina 		178932,234$5.20 billion52719%NCAA Div I
ACC 		Tar Heels    
Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 187060,046$7.38 billion15 (tie)41 (tie)51%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Buckeyes    
Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 185550,399$4.44 billion30 (tie)63 (tie)54%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Nittany Lions    
Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey 176650,617$1.99 billion
(system-wide)		15 (tie)41 (tie)65%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Scarlet Knights  
University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 188353,082$44.97 billion
(system-wide)		7 (tie)30 (tie)29%NCAA Div I
SEC 		Longhorns    
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 181925,924$9.80 billion42417%NCAA Div I
ACC 		Cavaliers    
University of Washington Seattle, Washington 186155,620$4.94 billion18 (tie)46 (tie)43%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Huskies    
College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 16939,762$1.36 billion23 (tie)54 (tie)33%NCAA Div I
CAA 		Tribe      
University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin 184849,605$3.84 billion13 (tie)39 (tie)43.3%NCAA Div I
Big Ten 		Badgers    

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Richard Moll in his book Public Ivys: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities (1985)
  2. 1 2 3 Greene, Howard R.; Greene, Matthew W. (2001). The public ivies: America's flagship public universities (1st ed.). New York: Cliff Street Books. ISBN   978-0060934590.
  3. ↑ "Trade Paperbacks". Publishers Weekly. January 22, 2001. Retrieved 2022-11-04– via EBSCOHost.
  4. ↑ "The Public Ivy Is Withering". Newsweek . April 28, 1991. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  5. ↑ Pruitt, Charles R. (August 26, 2016). "Politics is cutting the heart out of Public Ivies". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  6. 1 2 3 de Vise, Daniel (January 3, 2012). "Berkeley and the public Ivies: Five lingering questions". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  7. ↑ McBride, Sarah (August 19, 2010). "Ivy Grads Outperform Their Public-School Colleagues on Loan Repayments". NPR. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  8. ↑ "Personal Business; Suddenly, State Universities Have More Allure". The New York Times . November 10, 2002. ProQuest   2230199937 . Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  9. ↑ Branch, Mark Alden (November 2000). "Deciphering the Admissions Map". Yale Alumni Magazine. Vol. 109, no. 11. ¶16. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-02-09. But Richard Moll '59MDiv, a former Yale admissions officer who later oversaw admissions at Bowdoin and Vassar, thinks Yale still is not as visible as it should be. 'Yale has not had the presence at grassroots admissions and counseling conferences that Harvard and Stanford have,' says Moll, author of Playing the Selective College Admissions Game.
  10. ↑ "Comparing Black Enrollments at the Public Ivies". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
  11. ↑ Paul Marthers, Dean of Admission. "Admissions Messages vs. Admissions Realities". Office of Admissions. Reed College. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  12. ↑ Savage, David G. (1985-10-06). "The Public Ivys: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  13. ↑ "Comparing Black Enrollments at the Public Ivies". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
  14. ↑ Moll, Richard (1985). The Public Ivys: A Guide to America's Best Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. Viking Penguin. p. xxvi. ISBN   0-670-58205-0.
  15. 1 2 "College Navigator". National Center for Education Statistics . United States Department of Education . Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  16. ↑ As of June 30, 2023. "U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLSX). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  17. ↑ "2025 Top Public Universities". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  18. ↑ "2025 Best National Universities". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved January 31, 2025.
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