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

Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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 University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.

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

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