The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, established in 1882.

The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, 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 Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, founded 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 California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, established in 1868.