<p>Helidad…a question I have been asking myself over and over lol…</p>
<p>Here’s Greens list of “public ivies”</p>
<p>Eastern</p>
<pre><code>* Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- University of Connecticut (Storrs)
- University of Delaware (Newark)
- University of Maryland (College Park)
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<p>[edit] Western</p>
<pre><code>* University of Arizona (Tucson)
- University of California (6 of 10 campuses):
o Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara - University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Washington (Seattle)
o Pima Community Colleige (Tucson, Arizona)
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<p>[edit] Great Lakes & Midwest</p>
<pre><code>* Indiana University (Bloomington)
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- Michigan State University (East Lansing)
- The Ohio State University (Columbus)
- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
- University of Iowa (Iowa City)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
- University of Wisconsin (Madison)
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<p>[edit] Southern</p>
<pre><code>* College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- University of Florida (Gainesville)
- University of Georgia (Athens)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
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<p>Here’s a link for the National University Rankings by US News and World Report:</p>
<p>[National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities)</p>
<p>Of the schools you listed all are considered “public ivies” with the exception of UMass and Vermont</p>
<p>According to USNews and World Report they are ranked in the following order:</p>
<p>Penn State#47
U of Maryland#56
Rutgers#64
UConn#69
UDel #75
SUNY ESF #79
SUNY Binghamton#86
Vermont#94
SUNY Stony Brook#99</p>
<p>*I did not find UMass…but I did not go through the entire list </p>
<p>I hope this helps…unfortunately I did not see these listings until my son put in all of his applications- and I would have encouraged him to apply to a few more… :(</p>
<p>It seems you have lots of great choices…which ones are on the “short list”?</p>