| 100% | TRUJILLO | 8 | University city in La Libertad, northwest Peru, founded in 1534 |
| 88% | TRUJILLO | 8 | University city in La Libertad, NW Peru, founded in 1534 |
| 44% | PALERMO | 7 | University city in northwest Sicily |
| 40% | LEON | 4 | University city in northwest Nicaragua; a former capital of the country |
| 39% | MEDELLIN | 8 | City in northwest Colombia housing the University of Antioquia |
| 39% | BRAGA | 5 | City in northwest Portugal housing the University of Minho |
| 39% | REDBRICK | 8 | Important UK universities founded in major cities |
| 39% | LUBUMBASHI | 10 | University city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo founded in 1910 as Elisabethville |
| 38% | PISA | 4 | Italian city with a university founded in 1343 |
| 38% | SIENA | 5 | Tuscan city whose university was founded in 1240 |
| 37% | LEIPZIG | 7 | Largest city in Saxony, Germany whose university was founded in 1409 |
| 35% | ORONO | 5 | University city in Maine |
| 34% | IBADAN | 6 | University city in SW Nigeria |
| 34% | IBADAN | 6 | University city in southwest Nigeria |
| 34% | SASSARI | 7 | University city in NW Sardinia |
| 34% | PALERMO | 7 | University city in NW Sicily |
| 34% | AMES | 4 | University city in the Hawkeye State |
| 34% | ABA | 3 | University city in Abia, southern Nigeria |
| 33% | LAUSANNE | 8 | University city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva |
| 33% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | University city in both Massachusetts and England |
| 33% | MUNSTER | 7 | University city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 33% | LAUSANNE | 8 | University city in Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva |
| 33% | ABERDEEN | 8 | University city in Scotland on the North Sea |
| 32% | BLOOMINGTON | 11 | State university city in the Midwest |
| 32% | RENO | 4 | City in northwest Nevada |
| 32% | ERIE | 4 | City in northwest Pennsylvania |
| 32% | SORBONNE | 8 | University founded in 1253 |
| 32% | YALE | 4 | University founded in 1701 |
| 32% | SEATTLE | 7 | City where the Boeing company was founded in 1916 |
| 32% | PISA | 4 | University city in Tuscany housing a famous leaning tower |