| Adelphi University | private not-for-profit educational institution, school, university, organization | — | 1896 |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts | academy, drama school, private not-for-profit educational institution, organization | New York City | 1884 |
| American Film Institute | film organization, nonprofit organization, private not-for-profit educational institution, film school, educational organization | Los Angeles | 1967 |
| American Schools of Oriental Research | nonprofit organization, learned society, academic publisher | Boston | 1900 |
| American Society for Testing and Materials | standards organization, business, company, learned society | West Conshohocken | 1961 |
| American Sociological Association | nonprofit organization, learned society, academic publisher | 1430 K Street | 1905 |
| American University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1893 |
| Antioch College | Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | 1850 |
| Aurora University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Aurora | 1893 |
| Baker University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1858 |
| Bard College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1860 |
| Barnard College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1889 |
| Bates College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1855 |
| Baylor University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1845 |
| Beloit College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1846 |
| Bennington College | college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Bennington | 1932 |
| Berea College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution, school | Berea | 1855 |
| Berklee College of Music | private not-for-profit educational institution, college of music, private university | Boston | 1945 |
| Bethel University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1871 |
| Biola University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary, private university | — | 1908 |
| Bowdoin College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Brunswick | 1794 |
| Brandeis University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Waltham | October 20, 1948 |
| Brigham Young University–Idaho | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Rexburg | — |
| Bryn Mawr College | private not-for-profit educational institution, women's college, university | Bryn Mawr | 1885 |
| Bucknell University | publishing house, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1846 |
| California Academy of Sciences | planetarium, nonprofit organization, natural history museum, public aquarium, academy of sciences, learned society | San Francisco | 1853 |
| California Baptist University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1950 |
| California Institute of the Arts | private not-for-profit educational institution, film school, art academy, private university | — | 1961 |
| California Lutheran University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Thousand Oaks | 1959 |
| Carroll University | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Waukesha | 1846 |
| Centre College | Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | Danville | 1819 |
| Chapman University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Orange | 1861 |
| Claremont Graduate University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1925 |
| Clark Atlanta University | historically black college or university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | September 19, 1865 |
| Colby College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | Waterville | 1813 |
| College of the Holy Cross | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Worcester | 1843 |
| College of Wooster | liberal arts college, college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution | Wooster | 1866 |
| Colorado College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Colorado Springs | 1874 |
| Cornell University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, land-grant university, sun grant institution, private university | Ithaca | 1865 |
| Creighton University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university, open-access publisher | Omaha | 1878 |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary | — | 1924 |
| DePauw University | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Greencastle | 1837 |
| Dominican University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university, Catholic university | — | 1901 |
| Econometric Society | open-access publisher, scientific society, learned society | — | December 29, 1930 |
| Elon University | university | — | 1889 |
| Emerson College | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Boston | 1880 |
| Fairfield University | private not-for-profit educational institution, Christian school, private university | — | 1942 |
| Faulkner University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1942 |