Ivy League

The Ivy League is a group of eight private universities in the northeastern United States that also compete together as an athletic conference.

Harvard University: A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636. Harvard is one of the league’s eight member institutions.
Ivy League football: The football competition among the eight Ivy League universities. Football rivalry preceded the conference’s formal founding.
Ivy League admissions: The undergraduate selection processes used by the eight Ivy League universities. Admissions practices are often compared across the member institutions.
Public Ivies: A group of public universities described as offering an educational experience comparable to Ivy League institutions. The label borrows Ivy League prestige but names no formal athletic conference.
College admissions in the United States: The processes by which American colleges select students for admission. Ivy League admissions became a prominent reference point in national debates.
Yale University: A private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701. Yale is one of the league’s eight member institutions.
Ivy League founding: The 1954 agreement that established the Ivy League as an intercollegiate athletic conference. The agreement made the longstanding group an official conference.
Ivy League athletic conference: The NCAA Division I conference formed by the eight Ivy League universities. The conference governs their shared intercollegiate athletic competition.
Little Ivies: A loose grouping of small, selective liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States. These colleges share regional associations but are not Ivy League members.
Legacy preferences: Admissions practices that give an advantage to applicants with family ties to an institution. Legacy preferences at Ivy universities have drawn sustained public scrutiny.

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