Note: This is not an official list, it gives an idea of the US colleges and their location

A+ Tier Universities

University	City, State
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA
Stanford University	Stanford, CA
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA
Columbia University	New York, NY
Yale University	New Haven, CT
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY
Duke University	Durham, NC
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD
Brown University	Providence, RI
Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH

A Tier Universities

University	City, State
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI
Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA
University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, CA
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, CA
University of Washington	Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, WI
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Urbana-Champaign, IL
Rice University	Houston, TX
University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA
University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, MD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis–St Paul, MN
Ohio State University	Columbus, OH
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN
Boston University	Boston, MA
New York University (NYU)	New York City, NY

A− Tier Universities

University	City, State
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL
University of California, Davis	Davis, CA
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, CA
University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA
University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, CO
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, NJ
Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC
Arizona State University	Tempe, AZ
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, IN
Iowa State University	Ames, IA
University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ
University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA
University of Delaware	Newark, DE
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO
Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)	Troy, NY
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Stony Brook University (SUNY)	Stony Brook, NY

B+ Tier Universities

University	City, State
Northeastern University	Boston, MA
University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, IL
University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS
University of Georgia	Athens, GA
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN
University of Missouri	Columbia, MO
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, NE
Clemson University	Clemson, SC
Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA
Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY
University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT
Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
Washington State University	Pullman, WA
Florida International University	Miami, FL
George Washington University	Washington, DC
University of Houston	Houston, TX
University of Texas Dallas	Richardson, TX
Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA
Auburn University	Auburn, AL

B Tier Universities

University	City, State
University of South Florida	Tampa, FL
University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY
University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK
University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL
University of North Texas	Denton, TX
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, AR
San Diego State University	San Diego, CA
Temple University	Philadelphia, PA
DePaul University	Chicago, IL
Wayne State University	Detroit, MI
University of Missouri–Kansas City	Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri–St Louis	St Louis, MO
University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL
University of Memphis	Memphis, TN
University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, OK
Baylor University	Waco, TX
Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI

B- Tier Universities

University	City, State
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ
Wichita State University	Wichita, KS
University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK
Portland State University	Portland, OR
University of Vermont	Burlington, VT
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston, LA
San Jose State University	San Jose, CA
University of Denver	Denver, CO
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV
University of Alabama Huntsville	Huntsville, AL
University of Idaho	Moscow, ID
Mississippi State University	Starkville, MS
University of Central Oklahoma	Edmond, OK
Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw, GA

C Tier Universities

University	City, State
California State University (Multiple Campuses)	California
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, IL
Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, MI
Ball State University	Muncie, IN
Kent State University	Kent, OH
Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, OH
University of North Carolina Greensboro	Greensboro, NC
Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green, KY
St Cloud State University	St Cloud, MN
Arkansas State University	Jonesboro, AR
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA
Cleveland State University	Cleveland, OH
Wright State University	Dayton, OH
Eastern Washington University	Cheney, WA

D Tier Universities

University	City, State
Chicago State University	Chicago, IL
University of Bridgeport	Bridgeport, CT
Alcorn State University	Lorman, MS
Dakota State University	Madison, SD
University of Findlay	Findlay, OH
Northwestern Polytechnic University	Fremont, CA
Southern New Hampshire University	Manchester, NH
Troy University	Troy, AL
Governors State University	University Park, IL
University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN
Idaho State University	Pocatello, ID
State University of West Georgia	Carrollton, GA