The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1900.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.