The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded in 1847.

The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York.

The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.

Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, founded in 1855.

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