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

Rutgers University (/ˈrʌtɡərz/; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey

Brandeis University /ˈbrændaɪs/ is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1948.

The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York.

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.

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