The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.

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

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.

The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney,