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 Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 1869.

University of Toronto

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

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