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University of the Southwest, founded in 1962, is a private college of arts and sciences with religious affiliation. Its 162-acre campus is located in Hobbs, southwest of Lubbock, Tex.

Southwest Texas State University, founded in 1899, is a public, comprehensive university. It was created to prepare teachers to teach in Texas public schools. That mission continues, as one in every 12 Texas teachers today has earned a degree or a certification from SWT. The university has grown to become a major comprehensive regional university, with several outstanding academic programs. Its program in geography and planning has been ranked the best in the nation, and programs in theatre arts, music, sound recording technology, communication disorders, mass communication, speech communication, physical therapy and sociology have gained national or regional recognition. Its 427-acre campus is located in San Marcos, 30 miles from Austin.

Southwestern, founded in 1840, is a church-affiliated university of liberal arts and sciences. Its 100-acre campus is located in Georgetown, 28 miles north of Austin.

Fashion Institute of Technology, founded in 1944, is a public school of art and design and business and technology, receiving its principal financial support from the State and City of New York. As a specialized college, it prepares students for exciting careers in fashion and related professions and industries and provides leadership, research and other services to those professions and industries. As a college committed to career education with a broad cultural background, FIT offers not only essential professional preparations but also a full range of liberal arts courses, counseling and placement services, extracurricular activities and access to the cultural life of New York City. Because its graduates are prepared to enter design, production management, advertising, marketing, merchandising and other fashion-oriented fields, it welcomes students with special aptitudes. Its five-acre campus is located in midtown Manhattan, near the center of New York's fashion industry.

Cornell University, founded in 1865, is both a land-grant institution for the state of New York and a private, comprehensive research university in the Ivy League. Founded to be an institution where "any person can find instruction in any study," Cornell encourages students to take intellectual risks, explore the unfamiliar, and follow unconventional ideas. In addition to well-known graduate and professional programs, Cornell has seven undergraduate colleges. Each college defines its own academic programs, admits its own students, and provides its own faculty and advising. Cornell's 745-acre campus is located in Ithaca, 45 miles from Syracuse.

U Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, is a public, comprehensive university. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, and Pharmacy; and the Schools of Architecture, Nursing, and Social Work. Its 360-acre urban campus is located in Austin.

City College of New York's Brooklyn College, founded in 1930, is a public, liberal arts institution. It is committed to providing its students with a strong liberal arts education. The cornerstone of that commitment is the college's core curriculum, which has long been a national model for general education programs. The ten core studies courses expose students to the principal branches of learning, including the arts, humanities and sciences, and provide a rigorous foundation for study in a major field. The college offers more than 125 majors and programs in the humanities, sciences, performing arts, social sciences, education and preprofessional and professional studies. Its 26-acre campus is located in Brooklyn's Flatbush section.

Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university of textiles and related sciences. Its academic programs encompass architecture, design, business, engineering, liberal arts, textiles, fashion, science, and health.  Its 100-acre campus is eight miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia.

The College of Saint Mary, founded in 1923, is a private, church-affiliated college for women. Its 25-acre campus is located in a suburban section of Omaha.

York College, founded in 1966, is a public institution offering liberal and career education. Its 50-acre campus is located in Jamaica.