The Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1900.
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.
