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

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey.

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.