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Dartmouth College Claremont Graduate University Drexel University Clark Atlanta University Duke University Clark University Emory University Clarkson University Florida International University Cleveland State University Florida State University College of William and Mary George Mason University Colorado School of Mines George Washington University CUNY City College Georgetown University Delaware State University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus DePaul University Georgia State University Duquesne University Harvard University East Carolina University Indiana University-Bloomington East Tennessee State University Iowa State University Eastern Michigan University Johns Hopkins University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Kansas State University Florida Atlantic University Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Florida Institute of Technology Mechanical College Fordham University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gallaudet University Michigan State University Georgia Southern University Mississippi State University Hampton University Montana State University Howard University New Jersey Institute of Technology Idaho State University New York University Illinois Institute of Technology North Carolina State University at Raleigh Illinois State University Northeastern University Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Northwestern University Jackson State University Ohio State University-Main Campus Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Jefferson University) Oregon State University Kennesaw State University Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Kent State University at Kent Princeton University Lehigh University Purdue University-Main Campus Louisiana Tech University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Loyola Marymount University Rice University Loyola University Chicago Rutgers University-New Brunswick Marquette University Stanford University Marshall University Stony Brook 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Institute of Technology University of California-Berkeley Rockefeller University University of California-Davis Rowan University University of California-Irvine Rutgers University-Camden University of California-Los Angeles Rutgers University-Newark University of California-Riverside Saint Louis University University of California-San Diego San Diego State University University of California-Santa Barbara Seton Hall University University of California-Santa Cruz South Dakota State University University of Central Florida Southern Illinois University-Carbondale University of Chicago Southern Methodist University University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Stevens Institute of Technology University of Colorado Boulder SUNY College of Environmental Science and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Forestry Medical Campus Teachers College at Columbia University University of Connecticut Tennessee State University University of Delaware Tennessee Technological University University of Florida Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi University of Georgia Texas A & M University-Kingsville University of Hawaii at Manoa Texas Christian University University of Houston Texas Southern University University of Illinois at Chicago Texas State University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The New School University of Iowa The University of Montana University of Kansas The University of Texas at San Antonio University of Kentucky The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley University of Louisville University of Akron Main Campus University of Maryland-College Park University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Miami University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of California-Merced University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Colorado-Colorado Springs University of Mississippi University of Dayton University of Missouri-Columbia University of Denver University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Idaho University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Nevada-Reno University of Maine University of New Hampshire-Main Campus University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of New Mexico-Main Campus University of Maryland-Baltimore County University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Massachusetts-Boston University of North Texas University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth University of Notre Dame University of Massachusetts-Lowell University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus University of Memphis University of Oregon University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Pennsylvania University of Missouri-St Louis University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Rochester University of New England University of South Carolina-Columbia University of New Orleans University of South Florida-Main Campus University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Southern California University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Southern Mississippi University of North Carolina Wilmington University of Utah University of North Dakota University of Virginia-Main Campus University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras University of Washington-Seattle Campus University of Rhode Island University of Wisconsin-Madison University of San Diego University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee University of South Alabama Vanderbilt University University of South Dakota Virginia Commonwealth University University of Toledo Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Tulsa Washington State University University of Vermont Washington University in St Louis University of Wyoming Wayne State University Utah State University West Virginia University Villanova University Yale University Wake Forest University Western Michigan University Wichita State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wright State University-Main Campus Yeshiva University .