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Names of Universities and Colleges

All dashes used are en dashes (-).

University of Alabama [no location in complete name of Tuscaloosa school]

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of Alaska-Anchorage (Fairbanks)

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (Little Rock, Monticello, Pine Bluff)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

University of California, Berkeley (Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside,

San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz)

California State University, Chico (Dominguez Hills, Fresno, Fullerton,

Hayward, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento)

Carnegie Mellon University [no hyphen]

University of Colorado at Boulder (Colorado Springs, Denver)

DePaul University [one word, uppercase P]

DePauw University [one word, uppercase P]

University of Hawaii at Hilo (Manoa)

University of Illinois at Chicago (Urbana-Champaign)

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Edwardsville)

Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University East (Northwest, Southeast)

Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (Indianapolis)

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University-New Orleans

University of Maryland at College Park (Baltimore)

University of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore Professional Schools, Eastern Shore, Institute College of Art, University College)

University of Massachusetts Amherst (Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell)

Miami University [no location in complete name of Ohio school]

University of Miami [no location in complete name of Florida school]

University of Michigan [no location in complete name of Ann Arbor school]

University of Michigan-Dearborn (Flint)

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Duluth, Morris)

University of Missouri-Columbia (Kansas City, Rolla, St. Louis)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Reno)

State University of New York at Albany (Binghamton, Buffalo, Stony Brook)

State University of New York College at Brockport (Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, New Paltz, Old Westbury, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Purchase)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Wilmington)

University of Notre Dame

Purdue University [no location in complete name of West Lafayette school]

Purdue University-Calumet (North Central)

Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey

All Saint spell St. [too many inconsistencies otherwise]

University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Chattanooga, Martin)

University of Texas at Austin (Arlington, Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, Tyler)

Texas Health Science Center at Dallas (Houston, San Antonio)

United States Military Academy (Air Force A., Coast Guard A., Merchant Marine A., Naval A., Naval Postgraduate School)

Washington University [no location in complete name of St. Louis school]

University of Washington [no location in complete name of Seattle school]

University of Wisconsin -Madison (Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, Whitewater)