| 100% | TRIBAL | 6 | TCUs: ___ colleges and universities |
| 79% | ACADEMIA | 8 | Colleges and universities |
| 78% | HIGHERED | 8 | Colleges and universities, informally |
| 69% | NCAA | 4 | The organizer of athletic programs of colleges and universities: Abbr |
| 63% | EDU | 3 | .com alternative for universities and colleges |
| 62% | MAAC | 4 | NCAA-affiliated league that includes Manhattan College and Niagara University (abbr.) |
| 54% | HAWKING | 7 | Stephen ___, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who studied physics at University College, Oxford |
| 53% | CAA | 3 | 46-Across league that includes Elon University and the College of William & Mary: Abbr. |
| 51% | COLDPLAY | 8 | English rock band formed in 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at University College London |
| 47% | LEE | 3 | Washington and ___ University |
| 46% | DORM | 4 | University or college quarters |
| 46% | OXFORD | 6 | University, shoe, and comma |
| 45% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in W Turkey |
| 45% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in western Turkey |
| 45% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in west Turkey |
| 45% | LEE | 3 | Virginia's Washington and ___ University |
| 45% | SPRINGBREAKS | 12 | College students and mattress testers? |
| 45% | MAGDALENE | 9 | Cambridge University college |
| 45% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University college |
| 45% | YALE | 4 | Third-oldest college/university in the US (after Harvard and William & Mary) |
| 44% | ALLMALE | 7 | Like Wabash College and Hampden-Sydney College, unusually |
| 44% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band formed by Chris Martin and university friends |
| 44% | ACC | 3 | Athletic conference for Boston College and Duke: Abbr. |
| 44% | SCHOLARS | 8 | Universities both train and employ them |
| 44% | IVIES | 5 | Universities like Harvard and Yale, informally |
| 44% | DORM | 4 | University or college quarters, for short |
| 44% | HOYA | 4 | College athlete wearing blue and gray |
| 44% | TRINITY | 7 | __ College; Ireland's oldest university |
| 44% | YOUNG | 5 | Brigham ___ University (Utah college) |
| 44% | GONVILLE | 8 | __ & Caius, Cambridge University college |