As of 2011, Brown University's students are mostly enrolled in its social science, biology and physical science majors. Notable schools include the Alpert Medical School and its School of Engineering. In the U.S. News and World Report 2011 College Report, subsequently used for all further rankings, Brown is ranked at 15th with an 11 percent acceptance rate. They are also known for their soccer athletics; the Brown Bears are consistently in the top 25 soccer teams in the nation.
Columbia University is most known for its social science, engineering and history programs. It has two faculty partner universities: Barnard College and Teachers College. As of 2011, Columbia University is ranked fourth with a 9.8 percent acceptance rate. They also have a significantly low student-to-professor ratio at six students for every professor.
Cornell's most popular majors include engineering, business marketing and agriculture. It is comprised of three campuses, two of which are located in the state of New York: the campuses at Ithaca and New York City and the international campus at Doha, Qatar. Cornell is ranked at 15th with a 19.1 percent acceptance rate. Cornell has one of the most successful lacrosse teams with seven consecutive championships up until 2009.
Dartmouth's most popular majors are social science, psychology and history. Dartmouth is the only Ivy League school with a quarterly academic system. Dartmouth is ranked ninth with a 12.6 percent acceptance rate. More than 90 percent of the student body lives on campus with highly active Greek organizations; 60 percent of the students are members of at least one Greek organization.
Harvard's most popular majors include social science, biology and history. It also has been the cumulative recipient of the largest financial endowment in the world at $25.7 billion. It is ranked first with a 7.5 percent acceptance rate. Harvard's library is considered to be the oldest and most comprehensive private collection across the world.
Princeton's most popular majors include engineering, history and politics. It contains six residential colleges housing 500 students and containing dormitories, libraries and corresponding faculty offices. It is ranked second with a 10.1 percent acceptance rate. All Princeton undergraduates must write a thesis -- a process usually reserved for master's degree students.
The University of Pennsylvania's most popular majors include business marketing, social science and engineering. It is the pioneer for some U.S. education landmark qualities; for example, the University of Pennsylvania was the first teaching hospital in 1874 and started the first college school of business in 1881. It is ranked fifth with a 17.7 percent acceptance rate. Notably, Penn also has 25 NCAA Division I sports teams which are all part of the Ivy sports league.
Yale's most popular majors include social sciences, history and integrated studies. Yale has a comprehensive financial aid support system with 40 percent of their students receiving some form of financial assistance. It is ranked third with a 7.5 percent acceptance rate in 2011 -- the lowest it has ever had. Yale touts one of the highest freshman retention rates across all colleges at 99 percent.