With a combined post- and undergraduate enrollment of fewer than 6,000 students, Dartmouth College is the smallest Ivy League school. Located in the small town of Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in liberal arts and sciences. The school also includes the Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck School of Business---the oldest business graduate school in the United States.
Dartmouth College
6016 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
603-646-1110
dartmouth.edu
In 2010, Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, ranked second in the "U.S. News and World Report" annual list of the best universities. Despite its rigorous academic program, Princeton University has a 90-percent graduation rate, tops in the Ivy League. The school also has the lowest enrollment among the "Big Three" schools---Harvard, Yale and Princeton---with fewer than 8,000 students; 5,113 are undergrads.
Unlike the other Ivy League schools, Princeton does not offer law, business professional or medical degrees. Postgraduate studies are limited to the arts, science, engineering, international affairs and architecture fields.
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-3000
princeton.edu
Yale University is in New Haven, Connecticut. The Yale campus is home to 11,593 students, less than half of whom are undergraduates. They study at Yale's large network of libraries, museums and research facilities, as well as the Yale School of Medicine, Law School, School of Engineering and other professional programs.
Despite its relatively small size, Yale is perhaps the most prestigious of the smaller Ivy League universities, with many notable political and academic alumni. The school also has the second-largest endowment of any university---estimated at $16.3 million, despite losing nearly a quarter of its value in 2009.
Potential "Yalies" take note: Yale is extremely competitive with Harvard University, hosting annual competitions in athletics and academics.
Yale University
P.O. Box 208234
New Haven, CT 06520
203-432-9316
yale.edu
Rhode Island's Brown University was the lowest-ranked Ivy League college in 2010, according to U.S. News and World Report, but the school still ranked 16th overall out of all of the nation's universities. In addition, Brown University has the second-highest acceptance rate of Ivy League schools at 13.7 percent.
In addition to its undergraduate programs, the Brown University system also comprises a graduate school and the Alpert Medical School. About 6,000 undergraduates and 2,248 postgraduates attended the university as of 2010.
Brown University
P.O. Box 1920
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-2378
brown.edu