Ivy League Online

Most of the public Ivy universities are on the defensive. Intensified status competition and is reconstituting in the field of higher education as a competitive market in private status goods.

The original eight Public Ivies Universities:

• College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
• Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
• University of California
• University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Vermont (Burlington)
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville)

Public Ivies are successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor, attracting superior faculty and competing for the brightest students of all races. All of these schools have a rich history of tradition; have successful and renowned graduates, lush campuses, and a supreme academic experience. The Public Ivy university list contains schools that are public, not private, and usually have a lower tuition cost than the Ivy League.