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.

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus (Danforth) mostly split between St. Louis County and Clayton, Missouri

The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.

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.

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

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