Cornell University

Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, is an Ivy League school with a unique blend of private and public: most colleges are private, but some are state-supported, giving it the broadest academic reach of the Ivies. With over 25,000 students, Cornell is the largest Ivy League school and offers an unusually wide range of programs, from hotel administration to veterinary medicine to engineering. Its campus sits in the scenic Finger Lakes region, combining natural beauty with world-class research. Cornell is known as the most diverse—and in many ways, the most practical—of the Ivies.