Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor.

The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas

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

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.