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The Public Ivies according to Greenes' Guides ; Northeastern. Pennsylvania State University · University Park · Rutgers University (New Brunswick, ... PublicIvy isatermcoinedbyRichardMollinhis1985book PublicIvies:AGuidetoAmerica’sbestpublicundergraduatecollegesanduniversities torefertouniversitiesthatprovidean IvyLeague collegiateexperienceatapublicschoolprice High-performingstudentslookingforatop-notcheducation—without shellingouttensofthousandsofdollars—woulddowelltocheckoutthecountry’spublicIvyLeagueschools.WhilegettingintoaPublicIvycanbetough,gettingagoodeducationatamorereasonablepricecouldbeahighschoolgraduate’sbestoption. However,it’simportanttonotethattherearevaryingopinionsamongexpertsastowhichschoolsshouldbeconsideredatopPublicIvy.TheideaofastrongPublicIvydoesn’tjustincludehigh-performingacademicsbutalsoencompassesarichhistory,attractivecampusanddiversestudentpopulationthatyou’dexpectfromtheiviedhallsofaYaleoraHarvard. TheoriginalPublicIvies astheywere: UniversityofTexas CollegeofWilliam&Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) MiamiUniversity (Oxford, Ohio) UniversityofCalifornia UniversityofMichigan (AnnArbor) UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill UniversityofTexasatAustin UniversityofVermont (Burlington) UniversityofVirginia (Charlottesville) Theworthyrunners-up Mollalsoofferedinthesamebook“alistofworthyrunners-up”andbriefsummariesofthem: UniversityofColoradoBoulder GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign NewCollegeoftheUniversityofSouthFlorida (nowNewCollegeofFlorida) PennsylvaniaStateUniversityatUniversityPark UniversityofPittsburgh StateUniversityofNewYorkatBinghamton (alsocalled BinghamtonUniversity) UniversityofWashington UniversityofWisconsin–Madison ThePublicIviesaccordingtoGreenes’Guides Alaterbooktitled ThePublicIvies:America’sFlagshipPublicUniversities (2001)byHowardandMatthewGreeneof Greenes’Guidesexpandeduponthefirstlisttoinclude30collegesanduniversities.Thelistbelowisorganizedbyregion,andcollegesarelistedinalphabeticalorder.ThemorerecentandexpansiveGreene’slist(includingalistofapproximately30schools)hadonefocusalone:publicschoolswithacademicqualitycomparabletoanIvyLeagueinstitution. JolynatUniversityofWashington Northeastern PennsylvaniaStateUniversity (UniversityPark) RutgersUniversity (NewBrunswick,NewJersey) StateUniversityofNewYorkatBinghamton (alsoknownasBinghamtonUniversity) UniversityofConnecticut (Storrs) Mid-Atlantic UniversityofDelaware (Newark) UniversityofMaryland (CollegePark) CollegeofWilliam&Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) UniversityofVirginia (Charlottesville) Southern UniversityofFlorida (Gainesville) UniversityofGeorgia (Athens) UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill TheUniversityofTexasatAustin Western UniversityofArizona (Tucson) UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,LA,Davis,Irvine,SanDiegoandSantaBarbaracampuses UniversityofColoradoBoulder UniversityofWashington (Seattle) UniversityofColorado-Boulder GreatLakes&Midwest IndianaUniversity (Bloomington) MiamiUniversity (Oxford, Ohio) MichiganStateUniversity (EastLansing) TheOhioStateUniversity (Columbus) UniversityofIllinois (Urbana–Champaign) UniversityofIowa (IowaCity) UniversityofMichigan (AnnArbor) UniversityofMinnesota (Minneapolis–SaintPaul) UniversityofWisconsin (Madison)   Howmuchdotheseschoolscost? BecausePublicIviesarepartiallystate-funded,theirtuitionfeesaresubstantiallylowerthanthoseofacademicallycomparableprivateschools.Forcomparison’ssake,let’slookatthe2012-2013tuitionratesofseveralprivateandpublicivies: Private •HarvardUniversity:$40,866 •PrincetonUniversity:$38,650 •YaleUniversity:$42,300 Public •UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley:$11,767(in-state),$34,645(out-of-state) •UniversityofVirginia:$12,006(in-state),$38,018(out-of-state) •UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor:$13,437(in-state),$39,109(out-of-state) Becauseofprivatefunding,IvyLeagueschoolscanbelessexpensiveforaselectgroupofhigh-performingapplicants—especiallythosewithhighfinancialneeds.Studentsfromwealthyfamiliesfrequentlypaythefull-stickerprice,whilestudentsfromlower-endfamiliestogetlargescholarships andgrants. Thekey,though,istolookatthewholepackage.Ifyou’relivinginthesamestateasaPublicIvy—orcanestablishresidencynearyourschoolofchoicebeforecollege—it’sprobablythe mostaffordableway togetanoutstandingeducation.Nonetheless,you’llwanttoapplytoavarietyofcolleges,includingsomepublicschoolsthatareloweronyourlistandprivateschoolsthatmaybeafinancialoracademicreach. Onesharpdistinctionbetweenthe IvyLeague andsome“PublicIvies”istheirparticipationinintercollegiateathletics.Oneofthe IvyLeague’sdistinguishingcharacteristicsisitsprohibitionontheawardingof athleticscholarships (athletesmayonlyreceivethesame financialaid towhichtheywouldbeentitledeveniftheydidnotplayasport).Incontrast,manyofthe“PublicIvies”participateinmajorathleticconferencessuchasthe BigTen, Big12, ACC, SEC,or Pac-12,andawardathleticscholarships.Theseschoolssometimesrelyonprofits,ifany,fromlarge-scale football andmen’s basketball programstosupporttheathleticdepartmentasawhole. 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