| 100% | ARNE | 4 | Barack's Secretary of Education, ___ Duncan |
| 71% | ARNE | 4 | Duncan who served as Secretary of Education under Barack Obama |
| 70% | ARNE | 4 | US Secretary of Education ___ Duncan |
| 69% | ARNE | 4 | Barack's first secretary of education |
| 62% | ARNE | 4 | Duncan, the Secretary of Education under Obama |
| 61% | ARNE | 4 | ___ Duncan, secretary of education under Obama |
| 55% | BETSY | 5 | Secretary of Education DeVos |
| 53% | ARNE | 4 | Obama's education secretary ___ Duncan |
| 53% | BETSY | 5 | US Secretary of Education DeVos |
| 51% | ARNE | 4 | Duncan, the former education secretary during Obama's tenure |
| 51% | MIGUELCARDONA | 13 | Current US Secretary of Education: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BETSYDEVOS | 10 | Secretary of Education who three times tried (and failed) to cut Special Olympics funding from the department's budget |
| 49% | ARNE | 4 | Education secretary Duncan |
| 48% | BETSY | 5 | With 4-Across, secretary of education who advocated for school choice |
| 47% | ARNE | 4 | ___ Duncan, Obama education secretary |
| 46% | ARNE | 4 | Obama Education secretary Duncan |
| 46% | ARNE | 4 | Former education secretary Duncan |
| 46% | ARNE | 4 | Obama education secretary ___ Duncan |
| 46% | ASHCARTER | 9 | Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) |
| 46% | GOVE | 4 | Michael —, Secretary of State for Education from 2010-14 |
| 44% | BETSYDEVOS | 10 | VP Pence voted to break a tie and approve her nomination as Secretary of Education |
| 44% | KELLY | 5 | Ruth —, Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2004-06 |
| 44% | ESTELLE | 7 | & 9A Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-02 |
| 43% | SEWARD | 6 | Lincoln's Secretary of State |
| 43% | RUSK | 4 | Kennedy's Secretary of State |
| 43% | CASS | 4 | Buchanan's secretary of state |
| 43% | CHU | 3 | Obama's secretary of energy |
| 43% | CONDI | 5 | Dubya's secretary of state |
| 43% | CORDELLHULL | 11 | FDR's Secretary of State |
| 43% | MADISON | 7 | Jefferson's secretary of state |