Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, founded in 1851.
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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
