what schools are considered little ivies?

Question

and which one is the best?

Answer 1

Well, there are several definitions:

Public Ivies (those schools that would be Ivies except they're public): College of William and Mary, Miami University, UC-Berkeley & UCLA, University of Michigan,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas at Austin
University of Vermont, University of Virginia.

Any Top 25-50 school as determined by US News, etc.

The top 10 or so liberal arts colleges.

Amherst, Wesleyan and Williams.

Answer 2

The "Little Ivies" refers to a list of the better liberal arts colleges.

There is no official list. Wikipedia gives a short list of Northeastern colleges that fit the description. I'd add schools like Carleton College in Minnesota, Collorado College, any of the Claremont Colleges in California and any of the (remaining) Seven Sisters in the list.

Answer 3

See the link below for the answer to your question about which schools are the little ivies. This answer is from Hennepin County Library.