<p>Its known for being an historically high-quality university. </p>
<p>Its the only one of those public schools you list that was all male in the 60s, as were the Ivy League schools (for the most part). It is the best public school in the east, which is the location of most of the highly selective colleges in the country. It is probably less well known and respected in the upper midwest and the northwest regions of the country.</p>
<p>It has a fine group of professional schools associated with it.</p>