Harvard, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell are the four largest Ivy League schools at over 20K total students. In contrast, Dartmouth & Princeton have fewer than 8K students, and Yale and Brown are in the middle with close to 10K students each.

At the same time, Harvard in Cambridge, Columbia in Manhattan, and UPenn in downtown Philadelphia are urban campuses, right in the middle of three of the largest & most vibrant cities in the U.S.

In contrast, Cornell & Dartmouth are located in rural areas in upstate New York and New Hampshire.

Princeton is located in a small but affluent suburb in New Jersey, Brown is in Providence, & Yale is in New Haven, small to medium sized cities.

As a potential applicant, make sure to visit schools of various sizes and locations to get a better idea about which environment you would prefer.

As reported elsewhere, Hispanic, African American and other minorities are underrepresented in the Ivy League compared to the American population as a whole. However, that's true for all of America's selective universities.

The Ivys show a remarkable similarity in the composition of their student bodies. Each of them has between 13-17% low-income students (defined by Pell-eligibility), between 21-26% racial diversity as defined by under-resourced minority, and between 9-15% international students.

One point that sticks out is are that Darmouth has a top Native American studies program, as well as an fly-in program.

One thing to note is that having a large program in a particular field of study doesn't necessarily equate to having the best program. However, measuring program quality is very difficult, so measuring number of graduates in a program provides an introduction into