With American colleges and universities sending off another batch of seniors over the next few weeks, we thought it would be fun to play a round of Equally Popular.

Below you will find 12 pairs of universities, with one college tossed in. Each pair includes a state-funded university and a private university that received the same number of searches last week. The schools are ranked from most to least searches.

University of Michigan
Harvard

University of California-Berkeley
Yale

University of Washington
Stanford

University of Minnesota
Howard

University of Colorado
Syracuse

University of Utah
Georgetown

University of North Texas
MIT

University of Hawaii
Brown

Eastern Michigan University
Emory

Boise State University
Rice

University of North Dakota
Skidmore

Kutztown University (PA)
Bucknell

TOMORROW: Summer travel report.