The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta.

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.

The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded in 1847.