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Founded in 1743 as a small private academy, the University of Delaware closed in 1859, reopened as a state land-grant institution in 1870 and adopted coeducation in 1872. The university is now an independently chartered, state-assisted, land-grant, sea-grant, urban-grant and space-grant institution. It has private school characteristics, including a large endowment, a beautiful campus, many small classes, an award-winning technology network and a geographically mixed student body. It is a midsized university with 14,000 full-time undergraduates constituting 80% of its student population. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Arts and Science; Business and Economics; Engineering; Health and Nursing Sciences; Human Resources, Education, and Public Policy; and Marine Studies. Its University Honors Program and Undergraduate Research Program enable intellectually adventurous students to pursue rigorous academic coursework and engage in graduate-level research as early as freshman year. Its 300-member marching band and winning Division I athletic teams - Go Blue Hens! - are spirited symbols of our university community. And its location at the center of the east coast megacity that stretches from New York City to Washington, DC provides its students with the rich resources and professional contacts needed to move on to successful careers or into the nation's leading graduate and professional schools. Its 1,000-acre campus is located in Newark, 12 miles from Wilmington, 30 miles from Philadelphia and 50 miles from Baltimore.

Delta State, founded as a teachers' college in 1924, is a public university. Its 332-acre campus is located in Cleveland, in the Mississippi Delta.

Dillard, a church-affiliated, liberal arts university, was formed through the 1930 merger of New Orleans University and Straight College. Its 48-acre campus is located in a residential section of New Orleans. Campus architecture is predominantly neoclassical in style.

The University of the District of Columbia, founded in 1976, is a public university. Its 21-acre campus is located in Washington, DC.

Emporia State, founded as a Normal school in 1863, is a public university. Its 200-acre campus is located in Emporia, 55 miles from Topeka.

Saint Martin's, founded in 1895, is a private, church-affiliated, liberal arts college. Its 380-acre campus is located in Lacey, three miles east of Olympia.

Oklahoma State, founded in 1890, is a public, comprehensive university. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Agriculture; Arts and Sciences; Business Administration; Education; Engineering, Architecture and Technology; and Human Environmental Sciences. Its 840-acre campus, with a modified Georgian architectural style, is located in Stillwater, 70 miles west of Tulsa.

The University of St. Thomas, founded in 1947, is a private, church-affiliated, liberal arts university. Its 20-acre campus is located in downtown Houston.

Pomona College, founded in 1887, is a private, liberal arts college. It has an unusual mix of students - geographically, ethnically, economically - for a school of this academic quality and size. Balance among social and natural sciences and humanities is unusual too, and Pomona is one of the few National Liberal Arts colleges in the west. It is one of the Claremont Colleges, a group of five undergraduate colleges and two graduate schools, with adjoining campuses and shared facilities and services. Its 140-acre campus, with a Spanish-influenced architectural style, is located 35 miles east of Los Angeles.

Pacific Lutheran, founded in 1890, is a church-affiliated university. Its 126-acre campus is located in Tacoma.