<p>Also, all (but one) NESCAC school is considered a liberal arts college, and all ivies are considered Universities. Let's see how they stack up against their like schools.</p>
<p>NESCAC '05 USNews Rank
Williams 1
Amherst 2
Bowdoin 7
Wesleyan 9
Middlebury 11
Colby 19
Hamilton 19
Bates 23
Trinity 24
Tufts 28*
Con College 35
*ranked with universities</p>
<p>Ivy '05 USNews Rank
Harvard 1
Princeton 1
Yale 3
UPenn 4
Columbia 9
Dartmouth 9
Brown 13
Cornell 14</p>
<p>Now, top-to-bottom, the Ivy League looks a bit stronger than NESCAC. However, both conferences are academically both quite strong (probably the strongest) in their respective divisions. I think that the Ivy-NESCAC comparison is fair to make.</p>