Move over, Harvard
Forbes grades University of Texas at Austin as one of 20 'New Ivies'
Is Texas live oak the new ivy?
The University of Texas at Austin has hit Ivy League status — at least according to Forbes.
A new list from Forbes titled "The New Ivies" has identified UT as one of 10 public and 10 private schools that churn out top graduates.
UT was the only public school in Texas school represented in the report, while Houston's Rice University was the sole private university in Texas to make the cut.
Forbes prepared the report amid a "souring" of public sentiment toward America's "Ancient Eight" Ivy League campuses, they say.
"Something feels distinctly off on Ivy League campuses," the authors write. "The eight colleges have faced a barrage of complaints in recent years over admissions policies that put together a class of amalgamated specialists instead well-rounded, bright students; grade inflation at top schools Harvard and Yale; and most recently, university officials’ responses to on-campus protests against the war in Gaza.
"So if the Ivies aren’t the Ivies anymore, which schools exactly are?"
To determine the answer, Forbes evaluated 1,743 colleges of at least 4,000 students and looked at admissions data from 2022. The process then eliminated schools with admission rates above 20 percent for private institutions and 50 percent for public universities, narrowing down the pool of schools to 32. Then, Forbes surveyed hiring managers about the remaining candidates to decide on the 20 universities.
UT was cited among the 10 public universities in the U.S. "that attract high-achievers and turn out hard-working, highly-regarded employees."
The university has an undergrad enrollment of 39,552 and an acceptance rate of 31 percent, the report says. Among the the 50th percentile for ACT and SAT scores, UT students earned an average of 30 on the ACT and 1370 on the SAT. Tuition runs $40,582 to $48,712, but varies by program, Forbes notes.
Rice University enrolls 4,229 undergrad students, has a 9 percent acceptance rate, and costs $57,210 per year to attend.
More states about the Texas schools and the full "New Ivy" lists are available on Forbes' website.
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