| 100% | HIGHERED | 8 | Colleges and universities, informally |
| 74% | ACADEMIA | 8 | Colleges and universities |
| 70% | TRIBAL | 6 | TCUs: ___ colleges and universities |
| 64% | NCAA | 4 | The organizer of athletic programs of colleges and universities: Abbr |
| 58% | EDU | 3 | .com alternative for universities and colleges |
| 57% | MAAC | 4 | NCAA-affiliated league that includes Manhattan College and Niagara University (abbr.) |
| 57% | IVIES | 5 | Universities like Harvard and Yale, informally |
| 50% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen ___, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who studied physics at University College, Oxford |
| 49% | CAA | 3 | 46-Across league that includes Elon University and the College of William & Mary: Abbr. |
| 47% | COLDPLAY | 8 | English rock band formed in 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at University College London |
| 47% | BAMA | 4 | Tuscaloosa university, informally |
| 47% | OLEMISS | 7 | Oxford university, informally |
| 46% | TERPS | 5 | University of Maryland, informally |
| 45% | ECON | 4 | College major, informally |
| 45% | PROF | 4 | College teacher, informally |
| 45% | UNI | 3 | College, informally |
| 44% | TERP | 4 | College Park player, informally |
| 44% | REC | 3 | College app attachment, informally |
| 44% | PROF | 4 | College faculty member, informally |
| 44% | ALUM | 4 | College reunion attendee, informally |
| 44% | TERP | 4 | College Park athlete, informally |
| 44% | ALUMS | 5 | College's grads, informally |
| 44% | ORGO | 4 | College chem course, informally |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | Washington and ___ University |
| 43% | ALUM | 4 | Nostalgic university visitor, informally |
| 43% | DORM | 4 | University or college quarters |
| 43% | OXFORD | 6 | University, shoe, and comma |
| 43% | ROOMIE | 6 | College assignment, informally? |
| 42% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in W Turkey |
| 42% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in western Turkey |