The term ‘Public Ivy’ is given to high quality US universities that are publically funded, providing education many believe as good as the private ‘Ivy League’ schools but at a less expensive price.

College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) (Atlanta, Georgia)
Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)
New College of Florida (Sarasota, Florida)
Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”) (State College, Pennsylvania)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”) (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
State University of New York at Binghamton (“Binghamton”) (Binghamton, New York)
University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
University of California (various campuses, California)
University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, Colorado)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut)
University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware)
University of Florida (Gainsville, Florida)
University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
University of Virgina (Charlottesville, Virginia)
University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
University of Wisconsin – Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)