Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
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
Brandeis University /ˈbrændaɪs/ is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1948.
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney,