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 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.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

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

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey.

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