Hey, I've been wondering if there are any public schools within the Ivy League, or if all the Ivies are private institutions. Anyone know?
All eight institutions within the Ivy League are private institutions. There are no public schools in the Ivy League. The Ivy League is a specific group of eight elite colleges in the northeastern United States, and they include Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University.
That being said, there are many excellent public universities in the United States that offer top-notch education. Some well-regarded public institutions include the University of California system (e.g., UC Berkeley, UCLA), the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These schools are often referred to as "public Ivies" due to their high academic standards and reputation.
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