William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.
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.
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
