QS Top Universities released their world rankings for 2024 on June 27, and UT ranked No. 58 of universities in the world, No. 19 in the US and No. 1 in Texas.
UT is one of the 10 public universities originally considered a “public Ivy” when the term was first coined by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll in his book on the topic in 1985. In 2001, Matthew Greene and his father, Howard Greene, updated the list to include 20 more colleges and universities. Matthew Greene, co-author of the book “The Public Ivies: America’s Flagship Public Universities,” defines a public Ivy as a “well-resourced, high-quality public university receiving public support,” on par with that of a typical Ivy League school.
“To me, that means a very wide range or menu of academic programs at different levels, both undergraduate and graduate level,” independent…
