The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.
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 Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
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, San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, established in 1960.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.