| Florida Institute of Technology | university of technology, private not-for-profit educational institution | Melbourne | September 22, 1958 |
| Fordham University | nonprofit organization, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | New York City | 1841 |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary, university | Pasadena | 1947 |
| Furman University | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Greenville | 1826 |
| Gallaudet University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Washington, D.C. | 1857 |
| Geological Society of America | nonprofit organization, publishing house, open-access publisher, learned society | Boulder | 1888 |
| George Washington University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher, private university | — | 1821 |
| Gonzaga University | Jesuit university, private not-for-profit educational institution | Spokane | 1887 |
| Grinnell College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution, school, organization | — | 1846 |
| Hampshire College | liberal arts college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1965 |
| Harvard University | colonial colleges, research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Cambridge | September 8, 1636 |
| Harvey Mudd College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | Claremont | 1955 |
| Hofstra University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1935 |
| Howard University | historically black college or university, private not-for-profit educational institution, school, private university | Washington, D.C. | March 2, 1867 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | private not-for-profit educational institution, medical school | — | 1963 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Chicago | 1940 |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government | public policy school, graduate school, private school | Cambridge | 1936 |
| Johns Hopkins University | private not-for-profit educational institution, research institute, open-access publisher, private university | Baltimore | 1876 |
| La Salle University | private not-for-profit educational institution, Catholic university | — | 1863 |
| Lafayette College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Easton | 1826 |
| Lawrence University | liberal arts college, conservatory, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1847 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Jesuit university, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher, private university | Los Angeles | 1865 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1904 |
| Macalester College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | 1874 |
| Monmouth University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1933 |
| Moody Bible Institute | private not-for-profit educational institution, higher education institution, Bible college, Christian organization | Chicago | 1886 |
| Moravian University | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | 1742 |
| Naropa University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1974 |
| New England Conservatory | conservatory, university building, private not-for-profit educational institution, college of music | — | 1867 |
| New York Institute of Technology | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1955 |
| New York University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | New York City | 1831 |
| Northwestern University | private not-for-profit educational institution, research institute, private university | Evanston | 1851 |
| Pomona College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | Claremont | October 14, 1887 |
| Pratt Institute | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | New York City | 1887 |
| Providence College | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1917 |
| Reed College | liberal arts college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1908 |
| Rice University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Houston | 1891 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | university of technology, research university, engineering school, space grant institution, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher, private university | — | June 12, 1829 |
| Saint Anselm College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | Manchester | 1889 |
| Soka University of America | private not-for-profit educational institution, higher education institution, school | Aliso Viejo | 2001 |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | architecture school, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1972 |
| St. Edward's University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1873 |
| St. Thomas University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university, open-access publisher | — | 1961 |
| Stanford University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher, private university | Stanford | 1885 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1870 |
| Swarthmore College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1864 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Philadelphia | 1824 |
| University of Austin | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | — |