Amid the Trump Administration’s war with Ivy League schools, America’s endorsement for these elite universities and colleges is dwindling, according to data collected in a recent Forbes survey.
A survey of more than 380 top-level executives nationwide showed that 37% of the respondents said they were less likely to hire Ivy League graduates than they were five years ago — up from 33% of employers who said the same in last year’s survey, according to Forbes. Another 12% said they would never hire an Ivy League graduate.
So where are students and parents looking instead for education? For the second year, Forbes selected its New Ivies: a group of 10 public and 10 private colleges and universities that employers believe are attracting the best and brightest future professionals.
There are eight Ivy League schools in the United States, specifically the Northeastern region of the country — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. There are also four “Ivy plus” colleges; Stanford, MIT, Duke, and the University of Chicago.
Last year, Forbes named Gainesville’s University of Florida among its list of public universities that earned the title of “New Ivy.” Did UF make it back on the list? Did any other Florida schools make an appearance this year?
Did any Florida schools make Forbes’ list of ‘New Ivies’?
None of Florida’s schools made the 2025 Forbes list.
To identify which public and private schools made it on the ranking, Forbes compiled a list of all degree-granting, four-year public and private, not-for-profit colleges in the United States using the most recent data available from the National Center for Education Statistics.
The eight Ivy League schools and the four “Ivy Plus” colleges were removed from the list.
2025 Forbes list of 10 public ‘New Ivies’
2025 Forbes list of 10 private ‘New Ivies’
What are the best colleges in Florida? See U.S. News Rankings
Don’t worry! Just because Florida was missing from Forbes’ class of 2025 “New Ivies,” doesn’t mean the state’s schools are not among the best in the nation.
Here’s where some of Florida’s major universities and colleges rank in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report:
University of Florida: 30
Florida State University: 54
University of South Florida: 91
Florida International University: 98
University of Central Florida: 121
Florida A&M University: 152
Florida Atlantic University: 189
Florida Institute for Technology: 231
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Forbes ‘New Ivies’ 2025: Did any Florida schools make it on list?