1. Harvard (1636)
2. William & Mary (1693)
3. Yale (1701)
4. University of Penn (1740)
5. Princeton (1746)
6. Columbia (1754)
7. Brown (1764)
8. Dartmouth (1769)
9. Rutgers (1766)
10. University of North Carolina (1789)
It amazes me that 1) Nine universities were up and running before the Revolutionary War. 2) They're still going strong after hundreds of years. Wow!
Princeton University, to me, has the most beautiful campus in the country. Take a look: