| 100% | TARTU | 5 | University city in S Estonia formerly under Russian, Polish and Swedish rule |
| 89% | TARTU | 5 | University city in south Estonia formerly under Russian, Polish and Swedish rule |
| 32% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | University city in both Massachusetts and England |
| 31% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 30% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in Texas associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 29% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US, associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 29% | ABILENE | 7 | University city in central Texas, US associated with the agriculture and petroleum industries |
| 29% | NARVA | 5 | City in NE Estonia near to the Russian border |
| 29% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali and home to the University of Sankore |
| 28% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in W Turkey |
| 28% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in western Turkey |
| 28% | IZMIR | 5 | Port and university city in west Turkey |
| 28% | NIMES | 5 | City in S France whose Roman remains include an amphitheatre and the Pont du Gard aqueduct |
| 27% | DURHAM | 6 | Cathedral city in NE England that houses a university and castle |
| 27% | MURMANSK | 8 | Russian port and largest city in the Arctic Circle |
| 27% | NARVA | 5 | City in NE Estonia near to the Russian border housing 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| 27% | NARVA | 5 | City in northeast Estonia near to the Russian border housing 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| 27% | NARVA | 5 | City in northeastern Estonia near the Russian border housing the 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| 27% | NARVA | 5 | City in northeast Estonia near to the Russian border housing the 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| 26% | ORONO | 5 | University city in Maine |
| 26% | TACOMA | 6 | City and seaport in Washington, US; seat of the University of Puget Sound |
| 26% | SIOUXFALLS | 10 | City in S. Dakota |
| 25% | IBADAN | 6 | University city in SW Nigeria |
| 25% | PALERMO | 7 | University city in northwest Sicily |
| 25% | IBADAN | 6 | University city in southwest Nigeria |
| 25% | SASSARI | 7 | University city in NW Sardinia |
| 25% | PALERMO | 7 | University city in NW Sicily |
| 25% | AMES | 4 | University city in the Hawkeye State |
| 25% | ABA | 3 | University city in Abia, southern Nigeria |
| 25% | LYS | 3 | City in Arthur C. Clarke's "The City and the Stars" |