Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.

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.

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.

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