| 100% | ITT | 3 | ___ Tech (for-profit school that shut down in 2016) |
| 58% | ITT | 3 | Tech school that declared bankruptcy in 2016 (***) |
| 46% | CNN | 3 | Channel that shut down its airport-exclusive broadcast offering in 2021 |
| 42% | ADHD | 4 | Reason that some students struggle in school, for short |
| 42% | PHD | 3 | Degree that many strive for in grad school: Abbr. |
| 40% | SNU | 3 | School in Bethany, OK, that the Crimson Storm plays for in the GAC |
| 40% | ITT | 3 | ___ Tech (former for-profit school) |
| 39% | WATCHTHEBIRDIE | 14 | Photographer's instruction for those grade school pics (ending in a one under) |
| 38% | ROBES | 5 | Madam Malkin's ___ for All Occasions, shop in Diagon Alley that sold school uniforms |
| 38% | KCU | 3 | Small school in Grayson that the Knights and Lady Knights play out of, for short |
| 37% | AOL | 3 | Its IM was shut down in 2017 |
| 37% | UAL | 3 | Large UK school with six constituent colleges that specialize in painting, design, fashion and performing, for short |
| 36% | PARSED | 6 | Broke down in school |
| 36% | PARSE | 5 | Break down in school |
| 36% | SEATO | 5 | Asian treaty group which shut down in 1977: Abbr. |
| 36% | TULANE | 6 | School that left the SEC in 1966 |
| 36% | PARSER | 6 | One breaking down in school? |
| 35% | FISHLADDER | 10 | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| 35% | LYCEUM | 6 | School that Aristotle founded in Athens |
| 35% | FLUXCAPACITOR | 13 | Tech for time travel in "Back to the Future" |
| 35% | ETON | 4 | School that's part of Princeton, in a sense |
| 34% | RAINED | 6 | Was coming down in buckets, for example |
| 34% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Led __, sued in 2016 for copyright infringement |
| 34% | PREK | 4 | School for toddlers, in brief |
| 34% | ISU | 3 | School in Ames, for short |
| 34% | ASU | 3 | School in Tempe, for short |
| 34% | OSU | 3 | School in Columbus, for short |
| 34% | LEST | 4 | For fear that; in case |
| 34% | AMI | 3 | Not for profit org. HQed in Pittsburgh that supports a proposal for a tax deduction of up to $250 a year for facial hair grooming (abbr.) |
| 34% | IDOL | 4 | Competitive singing show ending in 2016, for short |