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

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California.

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

The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, established in 1960.

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.

The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1861.