| 100% | MAJOR | 5 | Concentration declared by a college student |
| 80% | MAJOR | 5 | Something declared by a college student |
| 52% | MAJOR | 5 | Area of specialization chosen by a student at college |
| 48% | INTERN | 6 | Summer position for a college student |
| 48% | TUITIONINCREASE | 15 | Bad news for a college student |
| 46% | AID | 3 | Financial ___ (funding for a college student) |
| 46% | AID | 3 | Financial ___ (assistance for a college student) |
| 46% | PELL | 4 | ___ Grant (subsidy for a college student) |
| 46% | ROOMIE | 6 | Informal assignment for a college student? |
| 46% | TOWNIE | 6 | Local resident, to a college student |
| 45% | CLUB | 4 | Extracurricular for a college student |
| 45% | DORM | 4 | Where a college student sleeps |
| 45% | MAJOR | 5 | Declaration from a college student? |
| 45% | MAJOR | 5 | College student's concentration |
| 45% | DORM | 4 | Where a college student might live |
| 45% | INTERN | 6 | Position for a college student, perhaps |
| 44% | BOOKS | 5 | Part of a college student's expenses |
| 44% | INTERN | 6 | Summer position for many a college student |
| 44% | UNMADE | 6 | Like many a college student's bed |
| 44% | DEBT | 4 | Money owed by a college graduate, say |
| 44% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by college students who want a more advanced degree: Abbr. |
| 43% | APP | 3 | Subject of evaluation by a college panel, informally |
| 42% | LOAN | 4 | Financial assistance for a college student or car buyer |
| 42% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | Prize coveted by a college football player: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ESSAY | 5 | What a college student might write in a blue book |
| 41% | POTION | 6 | Concoction made by a Hogwarts student |
| 41% | PRE | 3 | It can go before "law" or "med," for a college student |
| 41% | BMOC | 4 | College student who’s a V.I.P.: Abbr. |
| 41% | SRS | 3 | College students who would make a yearbook, for short |
| 41% | APTEST | 6 | Challenge for a college-bound student, maybe |