The School: The University of Arizona. The only university in Arizona that’s not an online cash grab scam/diploma mill (we think). Their acceptance rate is 85%, which is one percentage point lower than Arizona State’s 86%. That makes it a Desert Ivy.
Location: Tuscon, AZ. It is currently 107 degrees there, but people you will immediately hate will tell you “It’s a dry heat.” According to the Tucson Tourism Board, you “should hike their glorious mountain trails, try not to die in this uninhabitable hellscape, and visit the set of the TV Show Sons of Tuscon” (citation needed).