price" Southern Ivies—Complimentary use of "Ivy" to characterize excellent universities in the US South Little Ivies—An unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States. Jesuit Ivy—Use of "Ivy" to characterize Boston College and other prominent American Jesuit colleges Seven Sisters (colleges)—Seven highly selective liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges, intended as the educational equivalent to the (traditionally male) Ivy League colleges References Footnotes Bibliography External links Universities and colleges in the United States Books about education University and college admissions . 2000 non-fiction books 2009 non-fiction books 2016 non-fiction books