University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.
The Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.
The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890.
