| 100% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle, N.Y. |
| 94% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle, N.Y., named for a Scottish island |
| 79% | IONA | 4 | School in New Rochelle, N.Y. |
| 79% | IONA | 4 | University in New Rochelle, N.Y. |
| 73% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle |
| 73% | IONA | 4 | School in New Rochelle, N.Y., named for a Scottish island |
| 72% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle, New York |
| 69% | IONA | 4 | College in New Rochelle, New York (anagram of "Naoi") |
| 66% | IONA | 4 | 4,000 strong Catholic college in New Rochelle, New York |
| 64% | IONA | 4 | Isle of Mull neighbor (also the name of a college in New Rochelle) |
| 59% | IONA | 4 | College in Westchester County, N.Y. |
| 59% | IONA | 4 | College with campuses in New Rochelle and Bronxville |
| 56% | LEMOYNE | 7 | College in Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 56% | MARIST | 6 | College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 54% | YALE | 4 | College in New Haven |
| 53% | IONA | 4 | University in New Rochelle |
| 52% | IONA | 4 | University in New Rochelle, NY |
| 52% | IONA | 4 | New Rochelle college |
| 51% | IONA | 4 | Three-vowelled college in New York |
| 51% | ELON | 4 | College in N.C. |
| 49% | CCNY | 4 | Public senior college in New York City: Abbr. |
| 49% | ELMIRA | 6 | College in south central New York |
| 48% | UPSALA | 6 | College in East Orange, N.J. |
| 48% | IONA | 4 | New Rochelle school designated a university in 2022 |
| 46% | IONA | 4 | Catholic college in Westchester County, New York |
| 45% | UPSALA | 6 | New Jersey college founded in 1893 |
| 45% | UTICA | 5 | College city in upstate New York |
| 45% | MARIST | 6 | ___ College (school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) |
| 45% | SIENA | 5 | College located in Loudonville, N.Y., just outside Albany |
| 45% | UMASS | 5 | New England college located in Amherst, familiarly |