| 100% | ONEONTA | 7 | State University of New York campus site |
| 52% | ROSE | 4 | State flower of New York |
| 52% | ETAT | 4 | State north of New York |
| 50% | SITKA | 5 | University of Alaska Southeast campus site |
| 49% | ALB | 3 | Capital of New York State, for short |
| 49% | OMAHA | 5 | University of Nebraska campus site |
| 49% | DULUTH | 6 | University of Minnesota campus site |
| 49% | ROLLA | 5 | University of Missouri campus site |
| 49% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California campus site |
| 49% | COLGATE | 7 | University of central New York |
| 49% | TISCH | 5 | Eponym of New York University's arts school |
| 49% | BLUE | 4 | Like most of New York State's flag |
| 49% | ITHACA | 6 | New York home of Cornell University |
| 48% | RURAL | 5 | Like 86% of New York State, contrary to stereotype |
| 48% | RYE | 3 | Site of New York's Playland park |
| 48% | BAKERSFIELD | 11 | California State University campus site |
| 47% | TISCH | 5 | New York University's ___ School of the Arts |
| 47% | COLUMBIA | 8 | University in New York; capital of South Carolina |
| 47% | ELMIRA | 6 | New York site of Mark Twain's grave |
| 47% | RURAL | 5 | Like most of New York State, but not New York City |
| 47% | SOHO | 4 | Site of New York City's first Apple Store |
| 46% | JERSEY | 6 | New ___, state of Princeton University |
| 46% | ALTOONA | 7 | Site of a Penn State campus |
| 46% | KEENE | 5 | Site of Antioch University New England |
| 45% | ERIE | 4 | Site of Penn State's northernmost campus |
| 45% | SUVA | 4 | Main campus site of the University of the South Pacific |
| 44% | ORONOMAINE | 10 | Site of a state university |
| 44% | AMES | 4 | Site of Iowa State University |
| 43% | BUFFALO | 7 | Port in New York State, US, at the eastern end of Lake Erie |
| 43% | BUFFALO | 7 | US port in New York State at the eastern end of Lake Erie |