<p>Most of the other ivy league schools are more concerned with the social sciences and the liberal arts simply because of their first foundings and tradition (Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Princeton) as single-sex schools where men were taught all facets of the greek classics.</p>
<p>Sustaining a top-notch engineering program takes a lot of resources and research money that other ivy-leagues are simply not willing to part with, especially this late in the game. And while some of them may have good physical science programs, the research they do is largely either theoretical, or somehow tied to the school’s own medical school.</p>