The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.
The University of Michigan (Michigan or UMich) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 1817.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
