Higher Ed

Located in College Park, Md., approximately 4 miles from the northeast border of Washington, D.C., the University of Maryland has 37,631 students. It was founded in 1856 by Charles Calvert.

St. Bonaventure University is in Allegany, N.Y. St. Bonaventure University is a private, Franciscan Catholic university with roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students.

Washington University is an independent university in St. Louis. The university has seven schools: Arts & Sciences, the Brown School of Social Work, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine.

Located in Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University was founded in 1870.

Located in Daytona Beach, Fla., Bethune-Cookman University was founded in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune and has 3,372 students.