The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.
The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.