Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1900.

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.

William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.

The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.