| 100% | UCSD | 4 | The Tritons' West Coast sch. |
| 93% | UCSD | 4 | West Coast sch. with the mascot King Triton |
| 75% | USC | 3 | West Coast sch. with the most Rose Bowl wins |
| 75% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. with the fight song "Mighty Bruins" |
| 68% | UCSB | 4 | West Coast sch. that was one of the original four nodes of the Internet forerunner ARPANET |
| 64% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. |
| 64% | UCAL | 4 | West Coast sch. |
| 60% | UCSF | 4 | West Coast sch. dedicated to health science |
| 59% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. with an annual JazzReggae Festival |
| 58% | USC | 3 | West Coast sch. with more than 100 NCAA championships |
| 57% | CALARTS | 7 | West Coast sch. whose application process may include an audition |
| 57% | USC | 3 | West Coast sch. where Caleb Williams won a Heisman Trophy |
| 55% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast home of the Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 54% | PADRES | 6 | West Coast team in the 1998 World Series |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school in the Pac-12: Abbr. |
| 54% | STANFORD | 8 | West Coast university whose teams are called the Cardinal |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast home of the NCAA's Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 53% | SCAD | 4 | Sch. on the Georgia coast |
| 53% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college that's home to the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 53% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that's home to the Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 53% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school with the fight song "Mighty Bruins": Abbr. |
| 53% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast campus that's home to the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 52% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that has the most NCAA titles ever: Abbr. |
| 52% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose student newspaper is the Daily Bruin: Abbr. |
| 52% | BAYAREA | 7 | West Coast birthplace of the thrash metal and hyphy music genres |
| 52% | ORE | 3 | West Coast state whose state tree is the Douglas fir: Abbr. |
| 51% | FRISCO | 6 | West Coast locale mentioned in "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" |
| 51% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast university that includes the Herb Alpert School of Music: Abbr. |
| 51% | USC | 3 | West Coast school that has won the Rose Bowl 25 times (Abbr.) |