| 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 |
| Haverford College | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Haverford Township | 1833 |
| Hawaii Pacific University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1965 |
| Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion – Cincinnati | private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary | — | 1875 |
| 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 |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | engineering society, standards organization, trade association, nonprofit organization, publishing house, open-access publisher, charitable organization, professional association, learned society, academic publisher | Manhattan | January 1963 |
| International Society for Computational Biology | community, open-access publisher, scientific society, learned society | Leesburg | 1997 |
| Jacksonville University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Palm Beach Gardens | 1934 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | Jewish seminary, private not-for-profit educational institution | New York City | 1886 |
| John Carroll University | Jesuit university, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1886 |
| 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 |
| Juilliard School | conservatory, drama school, private not-for-profit educational institution | New York City | 1905 |
| 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 |
| Lewis & Clark College | college, private not-for-profit educational institution | Portland | 1867 |
| Linguistic Society of America | nonprofit organization, open-access publisher, learned society | — | — |
| Loma Linda University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | Loma Linda | 1905 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Jesuit university, private not-for-profit educational institution, open-access publisher, private university | Los Angeles | 1865 |
| Loyola University Maryland | liberal arts college, private not-for-profit educational institution | — | 1852 |
| Macalester College | private not-for-profit educational institution, liberal arts college in the United States | — | 1874 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | university of technology, space grant institution, private not-for-profit educational institution, university, Institute of Technology, academic publisher | Cambridge | April 10, 1861 |
| Mercer University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Macon | 1833 |
| Middlebury College | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1800 |
| Monmouth University | private not-for-profit educational institution, private university | — | 1933 |
| Mount Holyoke College | private not-for-profit educational institution, women's college, liberal arts college in the United States | South Hadley | 1837 |
| 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 |
| Niagara University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1856 |
| Northwestern University | private not-for-profit educational institution, research institute, private university | Evanston | 1851 |
| Nova Southeastern University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university, open-access publisher | Davie | 1964 |
| Oberlin College | liberal arts college, college, private not-for-profit educational institution, school, private university | Oberlin | 1833 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | liberal arts college, Colleges That Change Lives, private not-for-profit educational institution | Delaware | 1842 |
| Oral Roberts University | church college, private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1963 |
| Pace University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | New York City | 1906 |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | organization, honor society, learned society, academic publisher | Washington, D.C. | December 5, 1776 |
| Princeton University | colonial colleges, research university, private not-for-profit educational institution, private university, academic publisher | Princeton | 1746 |
| Providence College | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | 1917 |
| Rockhurst University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Clayton | 1910 |
| Roosevelt University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | — | April 24, 1945 |
| Saint Peter's University | private not-for-profit educational institution, university | Jersey City | 1872 |
| Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary | private not-for-profit educational institution, seminary, university | — | 1938 |
| Society of Biblical Literature | organization, open-access publisher, scientific society, learned society | Atlanta | 1880 |
| 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 |