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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), flagship of the SIU System alongside SIU Edwardsville, is a public research university founded in 1869 as a normal school, achieving R1 Carnegie status in 2025 with about 12,000 students.
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University (SMU), a private university in University Park, Dallas, Texas, founded 1911 by Texas Methodist conferences, opened 1915; today Carnegie R1, ACC member, 12,544 students, $2.3 billion endowment.
Southern New Hampshire University
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), founded in 1932 as a Manchester, NH accounting school, is a private nonprofit NECHE-accredited university and one of America's largest, with over 200,000 online students, College for America competency-based degrees, and a 36% eight-year completion rate.
Southern University
Southern University is a historically black university system in Louisiana, headquartered in Baton Rouge and created in 1974, whose flagship, Southern University and A&M College, was chartered in 1880.
Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University, known as SUU, is a public university in Cedar City, Utah, founded in 1897 as the Branch Normal School with over 150 academic programs.
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University (SBU) is a private Catholic Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York, founded in 1858 by Nicholas Devereux and Bishop John Timon, named after St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, a university since 1950 with over 3,000 students.
St. John Fisher University
St. John Fisher University, formerly St. John Fisher College until July 2022, is an independent Catholic (Basilian) university in Pittsford, New York, near Rochester; five schools including Wegmans Nursing and Pharmacy; about 3,700 students, NCAA Division III.
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
St. John's College is a private liberal arts college with campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for its all-required Great Books curriculum adopted in 1937, no majors, seminar-based classes, and status as the third oldest college in the United States.
St. John's University (New York City)
St. John's University is a private Roman Catholic university in New York City, founded by the Vincentians in 1870 and centered on a main campus in Queens.
St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts university in Canton, New York. It was chartered in 1856 and hosts one of the nation's earliest environmental studies programs.
St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College, founded 1898 in De Pere, Wisconsin by Abbot Bernard Pennings, is the world's only Norbertine Catholic liberal arts college, with about 1,800 students, 80+ programs, and 2025 retrenchment cuts.
St. Olaf College
St. Olaf College, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, founded 1874 by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants, ELCA-affiliated, 4-1-4 calendar, about 3,000 students, president Susan Rundell Singer, noted for study abroad and music tradition.
St. Thomas Aquinas College
St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) is a Catholic liberal arts college in Sparkill, New York, founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill; it enrolls about 2,000 students across four schools, fields 22 Division II Spartans teams, and is MSCHE-accredited, distinct from similarly named colleges.
Stanford University
Stanford University (Leland Stanford Junior University): private research university in Stanford, California, founded 1885, opened 1891; seven schools, 8,353-acre campus, $40.8 billion endowment, Jonathan Levin president.
State University of New York
State University of New York (SUNY), New York State's public university system, established 1948; 64 campuses including 29 state-operated, five statutory, and 30 community colleges; 387,446 students Fall 2025; governed by an 18-member Board of Trustees.
State University of New York at Purchase
SUNY Purchase (Purchase College), a public college in Purchase, New York, founded 1967 by Nelson Rockefeller; combines arts conservatories with liberal arts on a 500-acre campus 35 miles north of NYC.
Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA), a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas founded in 1923, joined the UT System as its 14th member on September 1, 2023. About 13,000 students, six colleges, record 2025 first-time class, President Neal Weaver.
Stetson University
Stetson University: private university in DeLand, Florida, founded 1883 as DeLand Academy, renamed for hat maker John B. Stetson; law school in Gulfport ranked No. 1 in trial advocacy.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology: private technological research university in Hoboken, New Jersey, founded 1870 by Edwin A. Stevens bequest; first U.S. mechanical engineering school, known for high graduate salaries and rising rankings.
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (SUNY at Stony Brook), New York's flagship public research university on Long Island, founded 1957; R1, AAU member, 27,700+ students, #1 public university in New York, seventh president Andrea Goldsmith since 2025.
Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public Texas State University System university in Alpine, Texas, founded as Sul Ross Normal College, with border campuses in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde; Hispanic Serving Institution since 1999, NCAA Division II, and 2025 Carnegie RCU and OCU designations.
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College, a private coeducational liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, founded 1864 by Hicksite Quakers, known for its 1922 Honors Program, engineering program, loan-free full-need aid, and top-five PhD production rate.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private R1 research university in Syracuse, New York, chartered in 1870. It was founded by Methodists and is known for its coeducational programs.
Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University is a public university in Stephenville, Texas, founded in 1899 and a founding member of the Texas A&M University System since 1917, with over 28,000 students, Carnegie R2 classification, and NCAA Division I athletics.
Taylor University
Taylor University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Upland, Indiana, founded in 1846 as Fort Wayne Female College, renamed Taylor University in 1890, and moved to Upland in 1893. It offers 100+ undergraduate areas of study, graduate programs, and the Silent Night basketball tradition.
Temple University
Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, founded in 1884 as a night school by Russell Conwell, with eight campuses including Tokyo and Rome.
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University (TSU), a public land-grant HBCU in Nashville founded in 1912, Carnegie R2, ninth president Dwayne Tucker; only Middle Tennessee land-grant institution.
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech, TTU), a public university in Cookeville, Tennessee founded in 1915 as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and renamed in 1965; about 10,700 students, engineering-led academics, NCAA Division I Golden Eagles.
Tetr College of Business
Tetr College of Business, founded 2024 by Pratham Mittal, is a business college rotating students across seven countries per term, awarding UK degrees via UBI, backed by Owl Ventures.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University, public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas; opened 1876 as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, renamed 1963; 81,354 students fall 2025; land-, sea-, space-grant; first Texas school over $1B research.