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Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College (HMC), Claremont, California: private undergraduate STEM liberal arts college, fifth of The Claremont Colleges, chartered 1955, opened 1957; known for its Core curriculum, Clinic Program, ~891 undergraduates, and top rankings in engineering and ROI.
Haverford College
Haverford College, founded 1833 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, is a private Quaker-origin liberal arts undergraduate college known for its student-run Honor Code, Quaker Consortium with Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and Penn, 1,464 students, and 200-acre arboretum campus.
Hawaii Pacific University
Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU), private nonprofit university in Honolulu founded 1965 as Hawai'i Pacific College; ~7,500 students, WSCUC-accredited, Oceanic Institute marine research, military campus programs, DII athletics.
High Point University
High Point University (HPU), private university in High Point, North Carolina; founded 1924 as High Point College, renamed 1991. Known for Nido Qubein's post-2005 expansion from 91 to 530 acres, SACSCOC doctoral accreditation, and #1 U.S. News Regional College South rankings.
Higher University of San Andrés
The Higher University of San Andrés (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, UMSA), founded in La Paz in 1830, is Bolivia's principal public university and its second oldest, with more than 80,000 students.
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College, also called Michigan Central College at founding, is a private classical liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Michigan, founded in 1844, noted for its nondiscrimination charter, refusal of federal funding, and conservative K-12 and political outreach.
Hiram College
Hiram College, a private liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio, founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute and re-chartered in 1867; alma mater of President James A. Garfield, nonsectarian and coeducational from the start, with the 12-week-plus-3-week Hiram Plan calendar.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a private liberal arts college in Geneva, New York, formed from Hobart College for men (1822) and William Smith College for women (1908).
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private Long Island university in Hempstead, New York, founded 1935 from the Hofstra estate; R2 research institution led by ninth president Susan Poser, with Hofstra 100 strategic plan and law and medical schools.
Hunter College
Hunter College: public senior college of CUNY in Manhattan, founded 1869/1870 as the Female Normal and High School, renamed 1914 for Thomas Hunter; first NYC institution offering free public higher education to women; 22,712 students.
Husson University
Husson University, founded 1898 as the Maine School of Commerce, is a private nonprofit university in Bangor, Maine, with about 3,367 students, NECHE accreditation, 22 NCAA Division III teams, and large online degree programs.
Illinois State University
Illinois State University, founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, is a public university in Normal, Illinois, the oldest public university in Illinois and a leading preparer of teachers.
Indiana State University
Indiana State University (ISU), founded December 20, 1865 as the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute, is a public doctoral/moderate-research university and Sycamores MVC athletics; recent enrollment recovery under President Mike Godard.
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a public university system founded in 1820 as a state seminary at Bloomington. Its flagship campus is IU Bloomington; since July 2024 its second core campus is independent IU Indianapolis after the IUPUI split, with seven regional campuses, R1 research status, and a $4.7 billion FY2027 budget.
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington, also known as IU Bloomington, is the flagship residential campus of the Indiana University system in Bloomington, Indiana, founded as a state seminary in 1820.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), public doctoral university in Indiana, PA; founded 1875 as Indiana Normal School; PASSHE member, only system school with PhD programs; R2 Carnegie classification; 9,130 students fall 2026.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University (Iowa State University of Science and Technology), public land-grant university in Ames, Iowa; founded 1858, first state to accept the Morrill Act, coeducational from 1869, about 30,772 students.
Iowa Wesleyan University
Iowa Wesleyan University, founded 1842 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was a United Methodist-affiliated liberal arts university and Iowa's first coeducational institution; it closed May 31, 2023 after 181 years amid $26 million USDA debt.
Ithaca College
Ithaca College, founded 1892 as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music by violinist W. Grant Egbert, is a private residential college on South Hill in Ithaca, New York, with about 4,700 students, five schools, NCAA Division III Bombers athletics, and Middle States accreditation reaffirmed in 2026.
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University (Jax State, JSU), public university in Jacksonville, Alabama, founded 1883 as a state normal school; 10,433 students Fall 2026, five colleges, Gamecocks athletics in Conference USA.
James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU) is a public university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, founded in 1908 as a women's normal school, renamed Madison College in 1938 and JMU in 1977; it is a Carnegie R2 university with about 23,000 students joining the American Conference by 2028.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a CUNY senior college in Manhattan founded in 1964 as the College of Police Science, specializes in criminal justice, forensic science, and liberal arts, enrolling about 15,000 students.
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University, founded 1876 in Baltimore, is America's first research university, endowed by a $7 million bequest from merchant Johns Hopkins. Ten divisions, top federal research funding since 1979, No. 1 biomedical engineering.
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University (JWU), private nonprofit university founded 1914 in Providence, Rhode Island, by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales; NECHE-accredited campuses in Providence and Charlotte plus JWU Online; known for culinary, hospitality, business, and health programs.
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, founded 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art, is a private performing arts conservatory at Lincoln Center, New York, training about 800 students in music, dance, and drama, admitting under 10 percent of applicants.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (K-State), public land-grant university in Manhattan, Kansas; first operational land-grant institution under the 1862 Morrill Act, chartered February 1863, opened September 2, 1863 with 52 students; 21,283 students in fall 2026 across Manhattan, Salina, and Olathe campuses.
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University (KSU), public university in Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia, founded 1963 as Kennesaw Junior College; third-largest in Georgia with 51,375 Fall 2025 students, Carnegie R2, 11 colleges, consolidated with Southern Polytechnic in 2015.
Kent State University
Kent State University, a public R1 research university in Kent, Ohio, founded 1910 as a normal school; eight-campus system of about 33,000 students, birthplace of liquid crystal display technology, site of the May 4, 1970 shootings.
Kenyon College
Kenyon College, founded 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase in Gambier, Ohio, is a private liberal arts college (originally Episcopal) with about 1,750 undergraduates, famed for the Kenyon Review, writing programs, and 62 NCAA Division III team championships.
Knox College (Illinois)
Knox College (Illinois): private liberal arts college in Galesburg, founded 1837 by George Washington Gale; site of the fifth 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate at Old Main and Lincoln's first honorary doctorate (1860).