The University of Michigan (Michigan or UMich) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 1817.

The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas

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 Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California.