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.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded in 1847.

Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.