Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701.
Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists.
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856.
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.