<p>What colleges are exactly a member of the public ivies and what are their rankings in order?</p>
<p>The original list by Richard Moll were the following schools. People may have a different idea of what they think public ivies are but this was the original published list from 1985:</p>
<p>College of William and Mary
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Vermont
University of Virginia </p>
<p>I'll let everyone else rank them...</p>
<p>^ although things have changed a little bit since then. some of those schools on that list aren't the best publics, while others not on that list should belong there. the definition might have changed too... i dont know what Moll's exact definition of "public ivy" is, but i think many of us take it as "top public universities" these days</p>
<p>That's just the old list, just like the Ivies aren't the best schools either, that was a coined turn with an actual book and a thorough list, take it or leave it, but this is what it was.</p>
<p>And pretty much, those are the best overall publics with a few exceptions, but you have the same issue with the Ivy League, Brown is in there, Stanford is not.</p>
<p>Here is a brief definition: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy</a></p>