| 100% | DAVIS | 5 | Northernmost campus of the University of California |
| 63% | XXXXXXXXX | 9 | One of the University of California's locations |
| 62% | SLUG | 4 | Banana ___ (molluscan mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz) |
| 61% | DAVIS | 5 | University of California campus |
| 61% | IRVINE | 6 | University of California campus |
| 61% | BERKELEY | 8 | City on San Francisco Bay; seat of the University of California |
| 61% | CEDARFALLS | 10 | Locale of the University of Northern Iowa |
| 61% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California campus site |
| 61% | IRVINE | 6 | University of California campus locale |
| 60% | HILO | 4 | Home to the only Big Island campus of the University of Hawaii |
| 59% | SUVA | 4 | Main campus site of the University of the South Pacific |
| 58% | PUBLICIVVV | 10 | Informal group that includes the Universities of California, Michigan and Virginia |
| 57% | HAHNIUM | 7 | Name proposed by the University of California, Berkeley, for element 105, Dubnium |
| 56% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California, ___ (school whose sports teams are the Banana Slugs) |
| 55% | BOLOGNA | 7 | University city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the northern flank of the Apennines |
| 54% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that's the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay |
| 53% | STOCKTON | 8 | Inland port in California, US, on the San Joaquin River; seat of the University of the Pacific |
| 53% | DAVIS | 5 | California city that's home to one of the UC campuses |
| 49% | ULSTER | 6 | Northernmost province of the island of Ireland |
| 48% | STANFORD | 8 | ___ University, located in California, that played a major role in the establishment of the Silicon Valley |
| 48% | ORONO | 5 | Home of the University of Maine |
| 48% | TUCSON | 6 | *Home of the University of Arizona |
| 48% | NEWARK | 6 | Home of the University of Delaware |
| 48% | RENO | 4 | Home of the University of Nevada |
| 48% | MISSOULA | 8 | Home of the University of Montana |
| 48% | EUGENE | 6 | Home of the University of Oregon |
| 48% | LEXINGTON | 9 | Home of the University of Kentucky |
| 48% | TUCSON | 6 | Home of the University of Arizona |
| 48% | DAVIS | 5 | University of California site |
| 48% | CRUZ | 4 | University of California, Santa ___ |