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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), flagship land-grant public research university in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois; founded 1867 as Illinois Industrial University; 60,848 students in fall 2025, 25 Nobel Prizes, Big Ten athletics.
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI), a public research university in Iowa City founded February 25, 1847, is the state's oldest university. AAU member since 1909 and Big Ten member since 1899, it is known for the Iowa Writers' Workshop and its academic medical center.
University of Kansas
University of Kansas (KU), public research university in Lawrence, Kansas; AAU member since 1909, Carnegie R1. Chartered 1864, opened 1866; five campuses, 31,464 fall 2026 enrollment, Jayhawk mascot.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky (UK), public land-grant flagship research university in Lexington, founded 1865 as Agricultural and Mechanical College; R1 Carnegie status, $9.6 billion FY2026-27 budget, record 39,541 enrollment, 16 colleges, president Eli Capilouto.
University of Lethbridge
The University of Lethbridge (ULethbridge) is a public university in Lethbridge, Alberta, opened in 1967 as Alberta's third autonomous university, with a second campus in Calgary.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, or UL Lafayette, is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana, founded in 1898, whose teams are the Ragin' Cajuns.
University of Louisville
University of Louisville (UofL): public metropolitan research university in Louisville, Kentucky, founded 1798 as Jefferson Seminary, state-system member since 1970, Carnegie R1, ACC Cardinals, about 25,000 students, president Gerry Bradley since 2025.
University of Maine
University of Maine (UMaine), Orono public flagship founded 1865 under the Morrill Act; land, sea, and space grant; Maine's only Carnegie R1; 10,644 students; America East Black Bears; distinct from University of Southern Maine.
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba, also known as U. of Manitoba, is a public research university in Winnipeg, founded in 1877 as Western Canada's first university and the province's largest, with more than 30,000 students.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), public research university in Catonsville, Maryland, founded 1966, member of the University System of Maryland, Carnegie R1 since 2022, home of the Retrievers and the Meyerhoff Scholars Program.
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856 and the flagship of the University System of Maryland.
University of Massachusetts
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) is the public research university system of Massachusetts, with five campuses at Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester, serving about 55,000 undergraduates.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst, also called UMass Amherst, is the flagship public land-grant research university of Massachusetts, founded in 1863 as Massachusetts Agricultural College. R1 Carnegie classification, about 32,000 students, surpassed a $600 million fundraising campaign.
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Massachusetts Boston: public research university, second UMass campus, founded 1964, opened Park Square 1965, Columbia Point harbor campus since 1974, Carnegie R1 by 2025, about 16,000 students, most diverse four-year campus in New England.
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne, unimelb, public research university in Parkville, Melbourne; founded 1853 as Victoria's first university and second in Australia; Australia's highest-ranked university in QS, THE and ARWU global rankings.
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis, known as Memphis State University until 1994, is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1912 as a teacher-training school.
University of Miami
University of Miami: private R1 research university in Coral Gables, Florida, chartered April 8, 1925. Three campuses including a 70-acre medical campus; Miller School was Florida's first medical school; Hurricanes athletics in the ACC.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, founded in Detroit in 1817, with campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint.
University of Michigan–Dearborn
The University of Michigan–Dearborn is a public university in Dearborn, Michigan, established by Ford Motor Company in 1959 as a regional campus of the University of Michigan.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota (U of M): Minnesota's land-grant public research university, chartered February 25, 1851, seven years before statehood. Five campuses (Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston, Rochester), about 70,000 students, 12-member Board of Regents, led by President Rebecca Cunningham.
University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), public flagship university founded 1848 in Oxford, Mississippi, with its academic medical center in Jackson. Carnegie R1 research university, 26,449 fall 2024 enrollment, record $1.75 billion campaign, James Meredith integrated it in 1962.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri (Mizzou): public land-grant flagship in Columbia, founded 1839, first public university west of the Mississippi; AAU member, Carnegie R1, SEC school, flagship of the four-campus UM System, home of MURR.
University of Montana
The University of Montana is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, founded in 1893. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation and serves four affiliated institutions.
University of Mount Union
University of Mount Union, formerly Mount Union College, is a private university in Alliance, Ohio, founded in 1846, chartered 1858, renamed 2010; NCAA Division III Purple Raiders with about 2,200 students.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant university in Lincoln, Nebraska, chartered in 1869. It is a Big Ten member and a Carnegie R1 research institution.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public Carnegie R1 research university in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded as a 1951 UNR extension and Nevada Southern, it opened its Maryland Parkway campus in 1957, gained autonomy in 1968, and now enrolls about 34,000 students.
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno, also known as UNR, is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, classified as an R1 institution and led by Brian Sandoval.
University of New Brunswick
University of New Brunswick (UNB), founded 1785 in Fredericton, is Canada's oldest English-language university, with a Saint John campus since 1964, 14 faculties, and motto Sapere Aude.
University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire (UNH), public land-, sea-, and space-grant research university founded 1866 in Hanover, moved to Durham 1893; R1 Carnegie institution with campuses in Durham, Manchester, Concord, and online.
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque flagship public research university founded 1889; Carnegie R1, Hispanic-Serving Institution; 23,955 main-campus students fall 2025; Health Sciences Center runs the state's only Trauma 1 hospital; 24th president Steve Goldstein succeeds Garnett Stokes in 2026.