| 100% | CTU | 3 | Technical school in "The Centennial State": Abbr. |
| 67% | UTEP | 4 | School in the Lone Star State near the Rio Grande: Abbr. |
| 66% | ASU | 3 | School in the Grand Canyon State (Abbr.) |
| 63% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state (Abbr.) |
| 60% | COMEDIAN | 8 | Highway divider in the Centennial State? |
| 60% | COLORING | 8 | Boxing venue in the Centennial State? |
| 59% | ASU | 3 | School in the Phoenix metro area: Abbr. |
| 59% | MST | 3 | Winter time in the Centennial State, for short |
| 58% | URI | 3 | School in the smallest U.S. state |
| 58% | UGA | 3 | School in the Peach State, for short |
| 57% | NYU | 3 | School in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 55% | RPI | 3 | Oldest tech school in the English-speaking world: Abbr. |
| 53% | UVA | 3 | School in Charlottesville whose athletes are the Cavaliers: Abbr. |
| 53% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school in the Pac-12: Abbr. |
| 53% | COLO | 4 | "The Centennial State": abbr. |
| 52% | URI | 3 | Flagship school in a New England state: Abbr. |
| 52% | PENN | 4 | Ivy League school in the Keystone State, familiarly |
| 52% | ORE | 3 | State in the Pacific Northwest: Abbr. |
| 51% | UCF | 3 | School in Orlando whose motto is "Reach for the Stars": Abbr. |
| 51% | ALA | 3 | State featured in the movie "Selma": Abbr. |
| 50% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to school in the US: Abbr. |
| 50% | UCF | 3 | School of the Knights in Orange County: Abbr. |
| 50% | PTA | 3 | ___ meetings are usually held in the evening after school hours : Abbr. |
| 50% | USC | 3 | The Trojans' school in Los Angeles: Abbr. |
| 50% | FLA | 3 | Southernmost state in the continental US: Abbr. |
| 50% | FLA | 3 | Flattest state in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 49% | IDA | 3 | State in both the Mountain and Pacific time zones: Abbr. |
| 48% | CAL | 3 | US state with the most representatives in Congress: Abbr. |
| 48% | ASU | 3 | College in the Grand Canyon State (Abbr.) |
| 47% | OSU | 3 | Columbus school in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference (Abbr.) |