| 100% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (graduate's former school) |
| 84% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (one's former school) |
| 84% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (grad's former school) |
| 82% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (grad's former school) |
| 82% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's former school) |
| 61% | ALMAMATER | 9 | Someone's former school or university |
| 59% | ALUMNI | 6 | School's graduates |
| 58% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (former school) |
| 58% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (former school) |
| 57% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's school) |
| 57% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (alumni's school) |
| 57% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (alumna's school) |
| 55% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school you graduated from) |
| 54% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school from which one graduated) |
| 54% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's college or school) |
| 54% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (one's old school) |
| 53% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school that a person graduated from) |
| 53% | MED | 3 | ___ school (doctor's alma mater, for short) |
| 53% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's old school) |
| 52% | WHARTON | 7 | ___ Business School (Elon Musk's alma mater) |
| 51% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (graduate's college) |
| 50% | ANNAN | 5 | Kofi ___, former Secretary-General of the U.N. who graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management |
| 50% | BAREXAM | 7 | Law school graduate's hurdle (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ALUMNI | 6 | School graduates |
| 48% | ORALS | 5 | Graduate school grillings |
| 48% | UVA | 3 | School founded by Thomas Jefferson (and 15-Across's alma mater) (Abbr.) |
| 47% | ALUM | 4 | School graduate, for short |
| 47% | CSE | 3 | Former British school qualification |
| 47% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (old school) |
| 46% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater: school once attended |