The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, Long Island, in the metropolitan area of New York.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
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.
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
