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Find many of the most popular and high standing universities across the United States.
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Case Western Reserve University
CLEVELAND, OH
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1967 after Western Reserve University which was founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reserve and Case Institute of Technology which was founded in 1880 through the endowment of Leonard Case Jr. formally federated.
Columbia University
NEW YORK, NY
Columbia University, officially titled as Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.
Fordham University
NEW YORK CITY, NY
Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States and the third-oldest university in New York State.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
ATLANTA, GA
The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech and GT) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, France; Shenzhen, China; and Singapore.
Howard University
WASHINGTON, DC
Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Iowa State University
AMES, IA
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, it became one of the nation's first designated land-grant institutions when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11, 1862.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
NEWARK, NJ
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey with a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City. Founded in 1881 with the support of local industrialists and inventors especially Edward Weston, NJIT opened as Newark Technical School in 1885 with 88 students.
Northeastern University
BOSTON, MA
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
Princeton University
PRINCETON, NJ
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Texas Christian University
FORT WORTH, TX
Texas Christian University is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church. The campus is located on 302 acres about 3 miles from downtown Fort Worth.
The University of Arizona
TUSCON, AZ
The University of Arizona is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities Very High Research Activity".
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL, NC
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of North Carolina system and is considered to be one of the "Public Ivies". After being chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States.
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
SAN DIEGO, CA
The University of California, San Diego is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California.
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
SANTA CRUZ, CA
The University of California, Santa Cruz is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, FL
The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
The University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) apart.
University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, PA
The University of Pennsylvania, often abbreviated simply as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It is one of nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service.
University of Washington
SEATTLE, WA
The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded on November 4, 1861, as Territorial University, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle approximately a decade after the city's founding.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
LOS ANGELES, CA
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States which are strongly devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences.
Cornell University
ITHACA, NY
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian institution where admission has not been restricted by religion or race.
Florida International University
MIAMI, FL
Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in the neighborhood of University Park in Westchester, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened its doors to students in 1972.
Gonzaga University
SPOKANE, WA
Gonzaga University is a private Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Founded in 1887 by Joseph Cataldo, an Italian-born priest and Jesuit missionary, the university is named after the young Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga.
Loyola Marymount University
LOS ANGELES, CA
Loyola Marymount University is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located in downtown Los Angeles.
Northwestern University
EVANSTON, IL
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1851 to serve the former Northwest Territory, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois. The university's main campus lies along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
STATE COLLEGE, PA
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became the state's only land-grant university in 1863.
Purdue University
WEST LAFEYETTE, IN
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.
Rutgers University
NEWARK, NJ
Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.
Stanford University
STANFORD, CA
Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies 8,180 acres, among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
The University of Chicago
CHICAGO, IL
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university has its main campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is composed of an undergraduate college and five graduate research divisions.
University of California Berkeley (UCB)
BERKELEY, CA
The University of California, Berkeley is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. It was established in 1868 as the University of California and is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of California system. Berkeley has been regarded to be among the top universities in the world.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
LOS ANGELES, CA
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School.
University of Delaware
NEWARK, DE
The University of Delaware is a privately governed, state-assisted land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant state-supported research institution.
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, KS
The University of Kansas is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park.
University of Miami
CORAL GABLES, FL
The University of Miami is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. The university was founded by a group of citizens who sought to offer "unique opportunities to develop inter-American studies, further creative work in the arts and letters, and conduct teaching and research programs in tropical studies", according to the university's founding charter.
University of Missouri, Columbia
COLUMBIA, MO
The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in 1839 and was the first public university west of the Mississippi River.
University of Oklahoma
NORMAN, OK
The University of Oklahoma is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity".
University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, PA
The University of Pittsburgh is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration.
University of South Carolina
COLUMBIA, SC
The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over 359 acres in downtown Columbia, close to the South Carolina State House.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, TN
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges.
University of Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MADISON, WI
The University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin. UW-Madison serves as the official state university of Wisconsin and the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System, while also earning recognition as a "Public Ivy".
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
BLACKSBURG, VA
Virginia Tech (VT), formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regions statewide, a research center in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and a study-abroad site in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland.
Washington University in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, MO
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington, and consistently ranks among the top universities in the United States
Colorado State University
FORT COLLINS, CO
Colorado State University is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities Very high research activity".
Georgetown University
WASHINGTON, DC
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789 as Georgetown College, it is the oldest Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the United States.
Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, IN
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. The Bloomington campus is home to numerous premier Indiana University schools.
Pepperdine University
MALIBU, CA
Pepperdine University is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, California.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
TROY, NY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes of life".
Santa Clara University
SANTA CLARA, CA
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís which traces its founding to 1777.
Stevens Institute of Technology
HOBOKEN, NJ
Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering.
The University of Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, AL
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System.
Tulane University
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it was turned into a comprehensive public university as the University of Louisiana by the state legislature in 1847.
University of California, Davis (UCD)
DAVIS, CA
The University of California, Davis is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution was first founded as an agricultural branch of the system in 1905 and became the seventh campus of the University of California in 1959.
University of California, Riverside (UCR)
RIVERSIDE, CA
The University of California, Riverside is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of 20 acres in Palm Desert.
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
SANTA BARBARA, CA
The University of California, Santa Barbara is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the ancestor of the California State University system in the 1920s and then moved over to the University of California system in 1944.
University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
CHICAGO, IL
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois system, UIC is also the largest university in the Chicago metropolitan area.
University of Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, MD
The University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is also the largest university in both the state and the Washington metropolitan area.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, MI
The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, the university is the oldest and largest in Michigan; it was established twenty years before the territory became a state. Michigan is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
LINCOLN, NE
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system.
University of Oregon
EUGENE, OR
The University of Oregon is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the university also has a satellite campus in Portland; a marine station, called the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, in Charleston; and an observatory, called Pine Mountain Observatory, in Central Oregon.
Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, TN
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War.
William & Mary
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
The College of William & Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world.
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