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University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia (UBC), public research university founded 1908, opened 1915, with Vancouver and Okanagan campuses; 72,100 students, $936.4M research funding, ranked 44th THE 2027, 3rd in Canada.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary (UCalgary): public comprehensive research university in Calgary, Alberta, autonomous since April 29, 1966; governed by a Board of Governors under Alberta's Post-Secondary Learning Act; $588.5M research revenue in FY2023-24.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university in California, chartered in 1868. It is known for its high selectivity and its 110 Nobel laureates.
University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California. Founded in 1905 as the University Farm, it became a general UC campus in 1959 and is known for veterinary medicine, agriculture, and sustainability.
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine (UCI): public research university in Irvine, California, opened October 4, 1965 with 1,589 students; now 36,000+ students in 15 schools, a Carnegie Research 1 and AAU member ranked 8th among U.S. public universities (U.S. News 2027).
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), public research university in Westwood, Los Angeles. Founded 1919 as UC Southern Branch; largest UC enrollment (49,013 in 2025-26), $11 billion budget, No. 1 public university per U.S. News 2027, 127 NCAA titles.
University of California, Merced
University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is the newest UC campus, opened 2004–2005 in Merced, California; ninth undergraduate UC campus, site chosen 1995, expanded by the $1.3 billion Merced 2020 Project, Carnegie R1 since 2025.
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside (UCR) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California, one of the ten campuses of the University of California system, opened in 1954.
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego (UCSD, UC San Diego): public research university in La Jolla, California, founded 1960 around Scripps Institution of Oceanography; eight undergraduate colleges, 45,087 students, No. 6 U.S. public university per U.S. News 2026.
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB): public research university and UC campus in Goleta, California, founded 1891, joined UC in 1944, general campus since 1958; AAU member, eight Nobel laureates, top Leiden-ranked scientific impact.
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC): public research university opened 1965 on 2,000 acres above Monterey Bay; R1 classified; ten residential colleges from Cowell to John R. Lewis; 19,775 students and 74 majors in 2025-26.
University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida (UCF), formerly Florida Technological University, is a public metropolitan research university in Orlando founded in 1963 for the space program; Florida's largest by enrollment at 70,674, R1, with $237.4 million in funded research.
University of Central Missouri
University of Central Missouri (UCM), formerly Central Missouri State University, is a public university in Warrensburg, Missouri, founded 1871 as State Normal School No. 2; motto Education for Service, HLC-accredited since 1915, 13,700+ students.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (UChicago), private research university in Hyde Park, Chicago; incorporated 1890, opened 1892, founded by John D. Rockefeller with first president William Rainey Harper; known for its Common Core, quarter system, Chicago Statement on free expression, and recent $128 million deficit reduction.
University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati: public Carnegie R1 research university in Cincinnati, Ohio; founded 1819, state system 1977. Birthplace of cooperative education (1906, Herman Schneider); 54,437 students across Uptown, Blue Ash, and Clermont campuses; Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine and Benadryl originated there.
University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder, known as CU Boulder, is the flagship campus of the University of Colorado system, a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 1876.
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), CU's southern Colorado campus founded 1965 on the $1 Cragmor Sanitarium site, a distinct campus since 1974, Carnegie R2, about 10,000 students.
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut (UConn), Connecticut's flagship public research university founded in 1881 as Storrs Agricultural School and a state university since 1939. Research 1 Carnegie classification, NECHE-accredited since 1931, campuses in Storrs, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury, Avery Point, Farmington.
University of Dayton
University of Dayton: private Marianist Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio, founded 1850 as St. Mary's School for Boys, renamed 1920; ~9,051 students, Darlene Weaver named 20th president in 2026.
University of Delaware
The University of Delaware (UD), in Newark, Delaware, founded 1743 by Francis Alison and chartered 1833, is a land-, sea-, and space-grant, state-assisted private-governed Research 1 university with over 150 majors.
University of Denver
The University of Denver, also known as Denver University, is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent institution in the Rocky Mountain West.
University of Evansville
University of Evansville (UE), private United Methodist-affiliated university in Evansville, Indiana; founded 1854 as Moores Hill College, Evansville College 1919, UE 1967; HLC-accredited since 1931; Harlaxton manor study abroad.
University of Florida
University of Florida (UF), Gainesville public land-grant flagship tracing to 1853 East Florida Seminary, consolidated 1905; 63,148 students fall 2025, $1.33B research, president Stuart R. Bell, home of the Gators and Gatorade.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest public land-grant research university in Athens, Georgia, chartered in 1758 as the first state-chartered university in the United States.
University of Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara (Universidad de Guadalajara, UdeG), public Mexican university founded 1792 and refounded 1925; Jalisco University Network with six thematic and nine regional centers, over 240,000 students, first woman Rector General Karla Planter Pérez since 2025.
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph is a public research-intensive university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, established in 1964. It is known for its strong programs in agriculture and veterinary medicine.
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (UH Hilo), public university on Hawaiʻi Island founded as a 1947 UH Mānoa extension program, six colleges, WSCUC-accredited, home of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language and the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa): flagship campus of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi System, founded 1907 as a land-grant college in Honolulu. R1 research university, 20,028 students, 14 colleges, land-, sea-, space-, and sun-grant; full Mountain West member since 2026.
University of Houston
University of Houston (UH): public research university in Houston, Texas, founded 1927 as Houston Junior College. Largest Houston public research university, ~49,000 students, Carnegie R1, $276M research, No. 67 U.S. News public university, Big 12 member.
University of Idaho
University of Idaho (U of I), Idaho's land-grant research university in Moscow, founded 1889, opened 1892; only Carnegie R1 university in Idaho (2025), about 12,383 students, ranked No. 1 Best Value Public University by U.S. News.