America's Ivy League universities -- in pictures
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Former Harvard students include US Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actors Matt Damon and Tommy Lee Jones, former US presidents Barack Obama and John F Kennedy, and actresses Natalie Portman and Stockard Channing. Photo: Nick Allen -
Kayaks at the John W Weeks Bridge and clock tower over Charles River in Harvard University's campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Getty -
Despite popular opinion, and this statue, John Harvard did not establish the university, but he was the first major benefactor, donating half of his estate and his library. AP -
Harvard University is one of cheaper the Ivy League options. AP -
Harvard, the first university in the American colonies, was founded On September 8, 1636. Reuters -
US presidents Woodrow Wilson and James Madison graduated from Princeton University. Getty -
Michelle Obama, US Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and actress Brooke Shields are a few of the notable people to attend Princeton. Reuters -
Former US president John F Kennedy left Princeton University to attend Harvard. Alarmy -
The library and McGraw bell tower on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. Getty -
Cornell graduate Sandy Weill is an American banker and philanthropist who was chief executive of Citigroup for more than a decade and has an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion. Getty -
Another notable Cornell billionaire is software pioneer David Duffield who co-founded Workday and PeopleSoft. AP -
Brown University is in Providence, Rhode Island. The Boston Globe / Getty -
Ivy League students such as Zoe Fuad have pushed officials to end legacy admissions, saying it is rooted in racism. AP -
Actress Emma Watson left Hogwarts for a real education at Brown University. AP -
Brown University is the seventh oldest in the US. Alamy -
Four female students filed a federal class action lawsuit claiming Brown University systematically and repeatedly failed to protect women from assault. AP -
Yale University is in New Haven, Connecticut. Reuters -
Former president Bill Clinton met his wife and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton at Yale. Both Bush presidents went there as did Meryl Streep, James Franco, Jennifer Connelly, Jodie Foster, Claire Danes, Anderson Cooper and Hunter Biden. Reuters -
Vice presidents Gerald Ford and Dick Cheney attended Yale. AP -
The highly respected Yale University went co-ed only 51 years ago. AP -
US Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh attended Yale. Alamy -
Columbia University is on the northern end of New York City, New York. Getty -
Former president Barack Obama, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Amanda Peet, Julia Stiles and Casey Affleck, musician Alicia Keys, investor Warren Buffett and aviatrix Amelia Earhart all attended Columbia University. Reuters -
Hundreds attend a December 3, 2021 candlelight vigil for Columbia University graduate student Davide Giri, who was killed in Central Park while cycling home. Getty / AFP -
Ivy League University Dartmouth College is in Hanover, New Hampshire. EPA -
Dartmouth College’s endowment returned 47 per cent in the fiscal year that ended in June 2021, giving the university some of its strongest investment gains in decades. Bloomberg -
Shonda Rhimes, Fred Rogers, Mindy Kaling and Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss) are just a few of the interesting people to attend Dartmouth. Bloomberg -
Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner, two former US Treasury secretaries, attended Dartmouth. Bloomberg -
The University of Pennsylvania is in Philadelphia. Reuters -
Former president Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania University's Wharton School of Business. Reuters -
Elizabeth Banks, Elon Musk, Beau Biden and Shakira are just a few notables to have attended the University of Pennsylvania. Photo: US National Register of Historic Places -
The University of Pennsylvania has the largest number of billionaire past students of all Ivy League schools, at 25. AP
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