Brandeis University /ˈbrændaɪs/ is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1948.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
Dartmouth College (/ˈdɑːrtməθ/; DART-məth) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock.
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701.
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 Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
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
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded in 1847.
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 1869.
Indiana University—Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in 1820.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, founded in 1851.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin.
The University of Michigan (Michigan or UMich) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 1817.
The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890.
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Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
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.
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Founded in 1836
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856.
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, founded in 1855.
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1900.
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
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, Long Island, in the metropolitan area of New York.
University at Buffalo—SUNY is a public institution that was founded in 1846.
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York.
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature.
The Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876.
Cornell University is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university, based in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White.
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey.
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 Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public flagship research university in Eugene, Oregon, founded in 1876.
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,
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, established in 1960.
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Isla Vista, California.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1861.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in the census-designated place of Stanford, California.
