Editing Ivy League (section)

==Academics==

===Undergraduate admissions===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; float:left; margin-right:2em"
|+ Admission statistics (Class of 2028)
! !! Applicants !! Admission rates
|-
| '''Brown'''
| 48,898
| 5.2%<ref name="Bergman-2021">{{Cite web |last=Bergman |date=2024-03-10 |title=Class of 2028 Admission Rates |url=https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-admission-rates/ |access-date= |website=Ivywise |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| '''Columbia'''
| 60,248
| 3.9%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Cornell'''
| 61,178
| 8.4%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Dartmouth'''
| 31,656
| 5.3%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Harvard'''
| 54,008
| 3.7%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Penn'''
| 65,236
| 5.4%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Princeton'''
| 39,644
| 4.6%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|-
| '''Yale'''
| 57,517
| 3.9%<ref name="Bergman-2021" />
|}
[[File:Cannon Green and Nassau Hall, Princeton University.jpg|thumb|[[Nassau Hall]] (1756) at Princeton ]]
The Ivy League schools are highly selective, with seven out of the eight universities reporting undergraduate acceptance rates below 6%. Admitted students come from around the world, although those from the [[Northeastern United States]] make up a significant proportion of students.<ref>{{cite news|last=Waldman|first=Peter|date=September 4, 2014|title=How to Get Into an Ivy League College—Guaranteed|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-03/college-consultant-thinktank-guarantees-admission-for-hefty-price|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904213820/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-03/college-consultant-thinktank-guarantees-admission-for-hefty-price|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2014|work=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National University Rankings|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521210513/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities|archive-date=May 21, 2011|access-date=May 11, 2011|publisher=U.S. News & World Report LP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Annicchiarico|first1=Francesca|last2=Weinstock|first2=Samuel Y.|date=September 3, 2013|title=Freshman Survey Part I: Meet Harvard's Class of 2017|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/9/3/freshmen-employment-demographics-geography/?page=2|work=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=October 11, 2014|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816112142/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/9/3/freshmen-employment-demographics-geography/?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, all eight Ivy League schools recorded record high numbers of applications and record low acceptance rates.<ref name="Kubzansky-2021">{{Cite web |last=Kubzansky |first=Will |date=2021-04-06 |title=Brown admits record-low 5.4 percent of applicants to the class of 2025 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/04/06/brown-admits-record-low-5-4-percent-applicants-class-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406235148/https://www.browndailyherald.com/2021/04/06/brown-admits-record-low-5-4-percent-applicants-class-2025/ |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Diverse group of admitted students navigated virtual admission in most competitive year on record|url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2021/04/diverse-group-of-admitted-students-navigated-virtual-admission-in-most-competitive-year-on-record|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Dartmouth|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414033559/https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2021/04/diverse-group-of-admitted-students-navigated-virtual-admission-in-most-competitive-year-on-record|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Harvard Crimson">{{Cite web |title=Harvard College Accepts Record-Low 3.43% of Applicants to Class of 2025 |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/4/7/harvard-admissions-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412184845/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/4/7/harvard-admissions-2025/ |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref><ref name="Tilitei">{{Cite web |last=Tilitei |first=Leanna |title=Penn accepts record-low 5.68% of applicants to the Class of 2025 |url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/04/penn-admissions-class-of-2025-acceptance-rate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317060620/https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/04/penn-admissions-class-of-2025-acceptance-rate |archive-date=March 17, 2022 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=www.thedp.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="Davidson-2021">{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Amelia |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Yale's acceptance rate drops to 4.62 percent amid record applicant pool |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/04/06/yales-acceptance-rate-drops-to-4-62-percent-amid-record-applicant-pool/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113021049/https://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/cds_2017-2018.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |access-date=2021-04-14 |newspaper=Yale Daily News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-08|title=Thousands of Applications and 49 States Later, Cornell Admits its Class of 2025|url=https://cornellsun.com/2021/04/08/thousands-of-applications-and-49-states-later-cornell-admits-its-class-of-2025/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Cornell Daily Sun|language=en-US|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414033549/https://cornellsun.com/2021/04/08/thousands-of-applications-and-49-states-later-cornell-admits-its-class-of-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref> Year-over-year increases in the number of applicants ranged from 14.5% at Princeton to 51% at Columbia.<ref name="The Princetonian">{{Cite web |title=Princeton admits record-low 3.98% of applicants in historic application cycle |url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/04/princeton-college-admissions-class-of-2025-ivy-league |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414033549/https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/04/princeton-college-admissions-class-of-2025-ivy-league |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=The Princetonian}}</ref><ref name="Columbia Daily Spectator">{{Cite web |title=Columbia acceptance rate drops to record low 3.7 percent after 51 percent spike in applications |url=http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/04/07/columbia-acceptance-rate-drops-to-record-low-37-percent-after-51-percent-spike-in-applications/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514030131/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/04/07/columbia-acceptance-rate-drops-to-record-low-37-percent-after-51-percent-spike-in-applications/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}</ref>

There have been arguments that Ivy League schools discriminate against Asian-American candidates. For example, in August 2020, the U.S. [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] argued that Yale University discriminated against Asian-American candidates on the basis of their race, a charge the university denied.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite web|author=David Shortell and Taylor Romine|title=Justice Department accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/justice-department-yale-discrimination/index.html|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=CNN|date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814000151/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/justice-department-yale-discrimination/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Harvard faced a similar challenge from [[Students for Fair Admissions]], which ultimately won its [[Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard|case]] in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023, leading to the end of affirmative action in college admissions.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1181138066/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

===Prestige===
{{see also|List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation}}
[[File:Brown's University Hall in 2007.jpg|thumb|[[University Hall (Brown University)|University Hall]] (1770) at Brown University]]
Members of the League have been highly ranked by various [[university rankings]]. All of the Ivy League schools are consistently ranked within the top 20 national universities by the [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Colleges Ranking]].<ref name="U.S. News & World Report"/>

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{|  class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; margin-right:2em"
|+ National academic rankings
! University<br /><small>(in alphabetical order)</small> !! [[Forbes]]<br /><small>(2025)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=America's Top Colleges|website=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028172147/http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/|url-status=live}}</ref>!! [[U.S. News & World Report|USNWR]]<br /><small>(2025)</small><ref name="U.S. News & World Report"/>!! [[The Wall Street Journal|WSJ]]/College Pulse<br />
<small>(2025)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2024 |title=2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. |date=September 6, 2023 |publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]/College Pulse |access-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914105737/https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-
| '''Brown'''
|18
|13 (tie)
|36
|-
| '''Columbia'''
|6
|13 (tie)
|14
|-
| '''Cornell'''
|10
|11 (tie)
|27
|-
| '''Dartmouth'''
|16
|15 (tie)
|57
|-
| '''Harvard'''
|8
|3 
|7
|-
| '''Penn'''
|7
|10
|13
|-
| '''Princeton'''
|1
|1
|1
|-
| '''Yale'''
|4
|5
|4
|}
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{|  class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; margin-right:2em"
|+ Endowment (FY2023) per student
!University!!Per [[Full-time equivalent|FTE]] Student (Fall 2022)<ref name=NACUBO />
|-
|Princeton University||$3,832,426.46
|-
|Yale University||$2,781,928.04
|-
|Harvard University||$2,032,820.27
|-
|Dartmouth College||$1,175,878.56
|-
|University of Pennsylvania|| $834,978.31
|-
|Brown University||$582,294.27
|-
|Columbia University||$447,066.03
|-
|Cornell University||$368,615.52
|}
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===Collaboration===
Collaboration between the member schools is illustrated by the student-led [[Ivy Council]] that meets in the fall and spring of each year, with representatives from every Ivy League school. The governing body of the Ivy League is the Council of Ivy Group presidents, composed of each university president. During meetings, the presidents discuss common procedures and initiatives for their universities.

The universities collaborate academically through the IvyPlus Exchange Scholar Program, which allows students to cross-register at one of the Ivies or another eligible school such as [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]], [[University of Chicago|Chicago]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and [[Stanford University|Stanford]].<ref name="Princeton" /><ref name="Yale" />