| Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | nonprofit organization, natural history museum, academy of sciences, learned society | Philadelphia | 1812 |
| Allegheny College | Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | April 1815 |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | nonprofit organization, learned society, academic publisher | Cambridge | May 4, 1780 |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts | academy, drama school, private not-for-profit educational institution, organization | New York City | 1884 |
| American Antiquarian Society | research library, nonprofit organization, historical society, learned society | Worcester | 1812 |
| 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 |
| Association for Computational Linguistics | publishing house, open-access publisher, learned society | Stroudsburg | 1962 |
| Aurora University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Aurora | 1893 |
| Azusa Pacific University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary, university | — | 1899 |
| Babson College | private not-for-profit educational institution | — | September 3, 1919 |
| Baker University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1858 |
| Barry University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1940 |
| Bates College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1855 |
| Bentley University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Waltham | 1917 |
| Berklee College of Music | private not-for-profit educational institution, college of music, private university | Boston | 1945 |
| Bradley University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1897 |
| Brigham Young University–Hawaii | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1955 |
| Brigham Young University–Idaho | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Rexburg | — |
| Butler University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1855 |
| California Academy of Sciences | planetarium, nonprofit organization, natural history museum, public aquarium, academy of sciences, learned society | San Francisco | 1853 |
| California College of the Arts | private not-for-profit educational institution, art academy, university | Oakland, San Francisco | 1907 |
| California Institute of the Arts | private not-for-profit educational institution, film school, art academy, private university | — | 1961 |
| Calvin University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | East Grand Rapids | 1876 |
| Carleton College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Northfield | 1866 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Pittsburgh | 1900 |
| Chapman University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Orange | 1861 |
| Clark Atlanta University | historically black college or university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | September 19, 1865 |
| Clark University | liberal arts college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Worcester | 1887 |
| Clarkson University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1896 |
| College of the Holy Cross | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Worcester | 1843 |
| Colorado College | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Colorado Springs | 1874 |
| Cooper Union | college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1859 |
| Culinary Institute of America | private not-for-profit educational institution, cooking school, private university | Hyde Park, New Haven, Hyde Park | May 22, 1946 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | conservatory, private not-for-profit educational institution, college of music | — | 1924 |
| Davidson College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | 1837 |
| Denison University | liberal arts college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1831 |
| DePaul University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Chicago | 1898 |
| 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 |
| Drexel University | research university, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1891 |
| Duquesne University | private not-for-profit educational institution, Catholic university | — | 1878 |
| Elon University | university | — | 1889 |
| Emerson College | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Boston | 1880 |
| Faulkner University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1942 |
| Fisk University | historically black college or university, private not-for-profit educational institution, school, private university | — | 1866 |
| Geological Society of America | nonprofit organization, publishing house, open-access publisher, learned society | Boulder | 1888 |
| Golden Gate University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1901 |