Georgetown University is on the list of so-called New Ivies. “Those schools are being added to college lists and are being considered in a very similar light to the Ivy League,” college ...

And an elite college degree can pay dividends down the road, with a recent study from Harvard economists finding that grads of Ivy League and equivalent schools are 60% more likely to have incomes ...

1. Rigorous coursework in a student’s field of interest. Top colleges are not just interested in stellar grades; they want to see that a student has taken the most challenging coursework ...

Tuition costs are also rising fast at other ultra-exclusive college outside the Ivy League. For example, attendance at Duke University carries an annual cost of $83,263, according to the outlet.

Ivy League universities spend an average of $126,000 per full-time equivalent student, compared to just $35,000 for the average private college. These high levels of spending fuel a vast ...