We are often asked about affordable options that prepare students to compete for jobs and graduate school. To help answer this question, one list we like to highlight is The Public Ivies, which includes Miami University and The Ohio State University. While Miami was included in the original list, an updated list of Public Ivies was created in 2001 to include 30 institutions in five regions of the US:

Pennsylvania State University 

Rutgers University 

State University of New York at Binghamton

University of Connecticut

University of Delaware 

University of Maryland 

College of William & Mary

University of Virginia 

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Texas at Austin

University of Arizona

University of California (Berkeley)

University of California (Davis)

University of California (Irvine)

University of California (Los Angeles)

University of California (San Diego)

University of California (Santa Barbara)

University of Colorado (Boulder)

University of Washington (Seattle)

Indiana University (Bloomington)

Miami University 

Michigan State University 

The Ohio State University 

University of Illinois (Urbana–Champaign)

University of Iowa 

University of Michigan 

University of Minnesota 

University of Wisconsin