| 100% | DIETETICS | 9 | Course on nutrition science, attended by SAT exam writers |
| 41% | ASTRONOMY | 9 | Course on celestial phenomena, attended by PlayStation game developers |
| 40% | CLASSICALSTUDIES | 16 | Course on ancient history, attended by some Big Four bankers |
| 40% | COMMUNICATIONS | 14 | Course on journalism and media, attended by elevator manufacturers |
| 40% | ANTHROPOLOGY | 12 | Course on human societies and cultures, attended by rink athletes |
| 39% | MUSICALTHEATER | 14 | Course on stage acting and singing, attended by Slush Puppie servers |
| 39% | COMPARATIVELITERATURE | 21 | Course on written works across different cultures, attended by German car salesmen |
| 38% | MICROBIOLOGY | 12 | Course on tiny organisms, attended by representatives of a gas company that merged with Exxon |
| 38% | CIVILENGINEERING | 16 | Course on design and maintenance of infrastructure, attended by reporters from an MSNBC rival |
| 30% | ETON | 4 | School attended by Lord Grantham on "Downton Abbey" |
| 30% | HEATLIKEABIRD | 13 | Take care of eggs by sitting on them? |
| 30% | AUDITS | 6 | Sits in on a college course |
| 28% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple college attended by Theo on "The Cosby Show": Abbr. |
| 28% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | University on River Cam attended by Isaac Newton |
| 28% | CLUBS | 5 | Bagful carried by caddies on a golf course |
| 25% | NEBULA | 6 | Annual award presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |
| 25% | DIETETICS | 9 | Nutrition science |
| 24% | SKYWARD | 7 | Science fiction series by 24-Across/40-Across about a fighter pilot on a ruined planet |
| 24% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Sleuthing mystery writer played by Nathan Fillion on a current TV series: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PASTA | 5 | Course on Capri |
| 24% | GOSTAG | 6 | Attend by oneself |
| 24% | CSI | 3 | ___ effect (tendency for jurors' expectations to be influenced by depictions of forensic science on TV) |
| 24% | FIREPLACE | 9 | On a cozy indoor day, sit by this natural heater and read a book |
| 23% | LABFEE | 6 | Add-on cost for a science course |
| 23% | HOMEEC | 6 | Course on courses, for short |
| 23% | ENTO | 4 | Course on insects, for short |
| 23% | PSYCH | 5 | Course on behavior, for short |
| 23% | DIETITIAN | 9 | Expert on nutrition |
| 23% | THING | 5 | "The ___," 1982 science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter based on the novella "Who Goes There?" |
| 23% | STUCKWITHYOU | 12 | Novella by romance writer/neuroscience professor Ali Hazelwood about two scientists trapped on an elevator (3 wds.) |