| 100% | STJOHNS | 7 | University with campuses in New York and Rome |
| 54% | IONA | 4 | College with campuses in New Rochelle and Bronxville |
| 50% | IIT | 3 | University system with campuses in Hyderabad and Delhi (Abbr.) |
| 49% | HOFSTRA | 7 | New York university that hosted presidential debates in 2008, 2012 and 2016 |
| 48% | UNH | 3 | New England sch. with campuses in Durham and Manchester |
| 47% | SOHOS | 5 | Neighborhoods in New York and London |
| 46% | KEAN | 4 | New Jersey public university with a campus in China |
| 45% | TROYS | 5 | Classical-sounding cities in New York and Michigan |
| 45% | NEEDLE | 6 | Cleopatra's __, obelisks in New York and London |
| 45% | RENT | 4 | High cost in New York and San Francisco |
| 45% | ERIE | 4 | New York and ___ Railroad, started in 1832 |
| 44% | AVENUES | 7 | In New York, Lexington and Park are these |
| 44% | LIU | 3 | Sch. with campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville |
| 44% | UMASS | 5 | Sch. with campuses in Amherst and Lowell |
| 44% | UMASS | 5 | Sch. with campuses in Amherst and Dartmouth |
| 44% | MANHATTAN | 9 | Borough in New York with Wall Street |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | County in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio |
| 43% | SUNY | 4 | College system with campuses in Buffalo and Binghamton |
| 43% | WSU | 3 | Sch. system with campuses in Pullman and Spokane |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | County name in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | County name in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio |
| 42% | ESSEX | 5 | County name in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts |
| 42% | UMASS | 5 | Sch. with campuses in Boston and four other cities |
| 42% | GATES | 5 | 2005 Christo display in New York City, with "the" |
| 42% | SARATOGA | 8 | ___ Springs (city in New York with a horse track) |
| 42% | SUNY | 4 | Sch. system with campuses in Albany and 63 other places |
| 42% | SUNY | 4 | College consortium with campuses in Buffalo and Binghamton, for short |
| 42% | COLUMBIA | 8 | University in New York; capital of South Carolina |
| 42% | SARATOGA | 8 | New York town with Burgoyne and Victory neighborhoods |
| 42% | MAGS | 4 | New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, in brief |