Public Ivy
The University of Texas at Austin is considered to be a "Public Ivy"—a public university that provides an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price, having been ranked in virtually every list of "Public Ivies" since Richard Moll coined the term in his 1985 book "Public Ivies: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities". The seven other "Public Ivy" universities, according to Moll, were The College of William &amp; Mary, Miami University, The University of California, The University of Michigan, The University of North Carolina, The University of Vermont, and The University of Virginia.