As anti-Israel protests that began on Ivy League campuses continue to rage across the U.S., Forbes has released a new list of the top schools beyond those with the once-coveted distinction.
In a report this week, Forbes declared that "something feels distinctly off on Ivy League campuses" and has for years, noting the traditional elite institutions are seeing their reputations increasingly tarnished.
This view shows the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Columbia University in New York City on April 23, 2024. (Selcuk Acar / Anadolu / Getty Images)
The publication, known for tracking the net worth of the world's wealthiest people, unveiled what it called the "New Ivies."
After disqualifying the eight original Ivy League schools – Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth and Cornell – along with "Ivy-plus" schools Stanford, MIT, Duke and the University of Chicago, Forbes used several data points like standardized test scores and surveys of hiring managers to determine the top public and private institutions in the country to replace the legacies.
Here are the "New Ivies," 10 public and 10 private listed in alphabetical order, according to Forbes.
The University of Florida (iStock)
The Law Quadrangle at the University of Michigan (iStock)
The rotunda of the University of Virginia (iStock)
The Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore (iStock)
The University of Notre Dame campus (iStock)
Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University (iStock)
Forbes noted that it included military academies in its analysis, and California colleges were excluded because they do not consider standardized test scores.