how many ivy league schools are there in the united states
Ivy League The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group beyond the sports context.[2] The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. The term Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.
University of Rochester UR was one of the 25 New Ivies in the 2007 Kaplan/Newsweek "How to Get into College Guide."[104] The list names institutions whose caliber of students is considered to rival traditional Ivy League schools.[104] The rankings are based on admissions statistics as well as interviews with administrators, students, faculty, and alumni.[105]