The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, established in 1960.