The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1861.
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.
