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

Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists.

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

The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.

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