Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.
The Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
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.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, established in 1960.
