The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded in 1847.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
