Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus (Danforth) mostly split between St. Louis County and Clayton, Missouri
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
The University of Michigan (Michigan or UMich) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 1817.
Brandeis University /ˈbrændaɪs/ is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1948.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.