| 100% | IOWA | 4 | ___ State University (school in Ames) |
| 73% | OHIO | 4 | ___ State University (school in Columbus) |
| 69% | ISU | 3 | School in Ames (abbr.) |
| 68% | ISU | 3 | School in Ames, for short |
| 68% | DEPAUL | 6 | Chicago school that’s the largest Catholic university in the United States |
| 63% | KENT | 4 | ___ State University (Ohio school) |
| 62% | DREXEL | 6 | School in Philadelphia's University City |
| 62% | BLOOMINGTON | 11 | State university city in the Midwest |
| 61% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state |
| 61% | ASU | 3 | School in the Grand Canyon State (Abbr.) |
| 61% | UGA | 3 | School in the Peach State, for short |
| 60% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state (Abbr.) |
| 59% | CTU | 3 | Technical school in "The Centennial State": Abbr. |
| 58% | PENN | 4 | Ivy League school in the Keystone State, familiarly |
| 58% | URI | 3 | Flagship school in a New England state: Abbr. |
| 58% | AMES | 4 | University city in the Hawkeye State |
| 57% | UTEP | 4 | School in the Lone Star State near the Rio Grande: Abbr. |
| 57% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname for a state university in the South) |
| 57% | OHIOU | 5 | State school SE of Columbus, in brief |
| 56% | BOWIE | 5 | ___ State University, HBCU located in Maryland's fifth most populous city |
| 56% | ALCORN | 6 | ___ State University (first Black land grant college established in the US) |
| 56% | THE | 3 | Word that Ohio State University tried to trademark in 2019 |
| 55% | THE | 3 | Article that Ohio State University surprisingly managed to trademark in 2022 |
| 53% | IONA | 4 | New Rochelle school designated a university in 2022 |
| 52% | YALE | 4 | University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States |
| 52% | SEMESTER | 8 | A half-year term in a school or university |
| 51% | SEM | 3 | Half-year term in a school or university, for short |
| 51% | OHIO | 4 | ___ State University (school whose team nickname is the Buckeyes) |
| 50% | YALE | 4 | New Haven school that's the third-oldest university in America |
| 50% | YALE | 4 | The third oldest university for higher education in the United States |