Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature.
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1861.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.