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Purdue University
Purdue University: Indiana public land-grant research university founded 1869 in West Lafayette, named for benefactor John Purdue. Known for 14 years of frozen tuition, top-5 graduate engineering, the SCALE microelectronics program, and 100,000+ students.
Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston, historically Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, chartered by Queen Victoria in 1841 with about 28,500 students today.
Queens College, City University of New York
Queens College is a public senior college of the City University of New York in Flushing, Queens, founded in 1937 and offering degrees through four schools.
Quincy University
Quincy University, founded 1860 as St. Francis Solanus College, is a private Catholic Franciscan liberal arts university in Quincy, Illinois, with about 1,185 students, 21 NCAA Division II sports, and Higher Learning Commission accreditation.
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University, formerly Quinnipiac College, is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut, with about 9,700 students and nine schools, including a law school and medical school.
Radford University
Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia, founded in 1910 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford. Coeducational since 1972, university since 1979, it enrolls about 7,917 students and competes as the Highlanders in NCAA Division I.
Reed College
Reed College, founded 1908 in Portland, Oregon, is an independent liberal arts college known for its humanities core, senior thesis, conference teaching, 1995 U.S. News rankings boycott, and Reed Promise tuition-free aid.
Rhodes College
Rhodes College (formerly Southwestern, Stewart College, Masonic University of Tennessee) is a private Presbyterian-affiliated liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee, founded 1848 in Clarksville; about 1,780 undergraduates, 9:1 ratio, Lynx mascot.
Rice University
Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1912 from the estate of William Marsh Rice, it enrolls about 5,000 undergraduates.
Ringling College of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design, a private not-for-profit art and design college in Sarasota, Florida, founded 1931 by Ludd M. Spivey with John Ringling; about 1,700 undergraduates in 13 BFA/BA programs, known for animation and motion design rankings.
Robert Morris University
Robert Morris University (RMU), private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh; founded 1921 as Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, university status 2002; NCAA Division I Horizon League Colonials; AACSB and ABET accredited.
Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University, founded 1901 in New York as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, was the first US biomedical research institute; renamed a university in 1965, with 26 Nobel Prizes among 256 faculty.
Rollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Winter Park, Florida, on Lake Virginia just north of Orlando. Chartered in 1885, it is Florida's first recognized college.
Rowan University
Rowan University, formerly Glassboro State College, is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey. Founded in 1923, it was renamed after Henry Rowan's $100 million gift in 1992.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), founded 1766 as Queen's College, is New Jersey's public research university with campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden, plus Rutgers Health; Big Ten member with 71,000+ students.
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University (SHU), private Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, founded 1963 by Bishop Walter W. Curtis; over 10,000 students, five colleges and four schools, NECHE-accredited, Dingle Ireland campus, NCAA Division I Pioneers.
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1818 and chartered in 1832 as the first university west of the Mississippi River.
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is a public university in Huntsville, Texas, founded in 1879, known for its criminal justice programs, and a member of the Texas State University System.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University (SDSU), founded March 13, 1897 as the San Diego Normal School, is a California State University public research university in San Diego. It became an R1 institution in February 2025, the only one in the CSU system, with 41,184 students in fall 2025.
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (SFSU), a public urban CSU campus founded in 1899, is known for the 1968 strike that created the first U.S. Black studies department, seven colleges, 144-acre Lake Merced campus, and a fall 2026 enrollment rebound to 20,824 students after years of decline.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University (SJSU), founded 1857 as Minns' Evening Normal School, is the oldest public university in California and the oldest CSU campus, now a Silicon Valley institution with roughly 40,000 students, R2 research status, and a Title IX dispute over a transgender volleyball athlete.
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, formerly the University of Santa Clara, is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1851, it is California's oldest operating institution of higher education.
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), private nonprofit art and design university founded 1978 in Savannah, Georgia by Paula Wallace and three co-founders; 100+ degree programs across Savannah, Atlanta, Lacoste France, and SCADnow online; SACSCOC accredited.
Shawnee State University
Shawnee State University, in Portsmouth, Ohio, is a regional public university founded in 1986 as Ohio's 13th public university, an open-access Carnegie Opportunity College serving Appalachian Ohio, with about 3,500 students and NCAA Division II athletics.
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University (SFU), public research university in Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver, British Columbia, founded 1965, named for explorer Simon Fraser. Erickson/Massey-designed Burnaby Mountain campus; first Canadian research-intensive university accredited by NWCCU; new Stephens Family School of Medicine opens 2026.
Skidmore College
Skidmore College: private liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York; founded 1903 by Lucy Skidmore Scribner as the Young Women's Industrial Club, chartered 1922; coeducational since 1971; motto Creative Thought Matters.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University (SSU), founded 1960 as Sonoma State College in Rohnert Park, California, is a California State University campus serving the North Bay; WSCUC-accredited since 1969, now under a Notice of Concern.
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University (SDSU), South Dakota's Morrill Act land-grant university in Brookings, founded 1881, largest in the state with 12,139 fall 2025 students, Jackrabbits athletics, R1 goal by 2031.
Southeast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), founded 1873 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as the Third District Normal School, is a public master's-level regional university with a statewide mission in computer science, cybersecurity, and the arts.
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University (SIU) is an Illinois public university system founded in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal University, comprising SIU Carbondale (R1, flagship) and SIU Edwardsville, with medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, and law programs.