| 100% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (graduate's college) |
| 78% | CAREER | 6 | College graduate's goal |
| 70% | MAWR | 4 | Bryn ___ (first women's college to offer graduate degrees) |
| 70% | ALMA | 4 | Wellesley College is Hillary Clinton's ___ mater |
| 70% | HOLYOKE | 7 | Mount — College (Elaine Chao’s alma mater) |
| 70% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's college or school) |
| 68% | DEBT | 4 | Many a college graduate's burden |
| 67% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (graduate's former school) |
| 67% | ALUMNI | 6 | College graduates |
| 66% | OXY | 3 | Nickname of Occidental College, Barack Obama's alma mater |
| 65% | ALUM | 4 | College graduate, briefly |
| 65% | SMU | 3 | Dallas college that's Laura Bush's alma mater: Abbr. |
| 64% | ALUM | 4 | College graduate, for short |
| 63% | ALUMS | 5 | College graduates, for short |
| 63% | ALUMNA | 6 | Any graduate from a women's college |
| 62% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater: college you attended |
| 62% | ALUMNA | 6 | Barnard College graduate |
| 62% | ALUMNA | 6 | Smith College graduate |
| 61% | ALUMNAE | 7 | Wellesley College graduates |
| 60% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school you graduated from) |
| 60% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (where you graduated from) |
| 59% | INDEBT | 6 | Like many a college graduate |
| 59% | ALUMNA | 6 | Spelman College graduate, e.g. |
| 59% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (where a person graduated from) |
| 59% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school from which one graduated) |
| 59% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (university from where one graduated) |
| 57% | PHD | 3 | Graduate degree held by many college professors: Abbr. |
| 57% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school that a person graduated from) |
| 57% | SRS | 3 | Soon-to-be college graduates: Abbr. |
| 56% | SWEETBRIAR | 10 | Virginia women's college |