| 100% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. with the fight song "Mighty Bruins" |
| 89% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school with the fight song "Mighty Bruins": Abbr. |
| 79% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the fight song “The Mighty Bruins” |
| 63% | UCLA | 4 | California school with the fight song "Mighty Bruins" (Abbr.) |
| 59% | UCSD | 4 | West Coast sch. with the mascot King Triton |
| 58% | USC | 3 | West Coast sch. with the most Rose Bowl wins |
| 48% | UCLA | 4 | Its fight song is "The Mighty Bruins" |
| 47% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. with an annual JazzReggae Festival |
| 47% | USC | 3 | West Coast sch. with more than 100 NCAA championships |
| 46% | USMA | 4 | Inst. with the fight song "On, Brave Old Army Team" |
| 45% | USMA | 4 | Institute with the fight song "On, Brave Old Army Team" (Abbr.) |
| 44% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the mascot Joe Bruin |
| 44% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper |
| 43% | UCSD | 4 | The Tritons' West Coast sch. |
| 43% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 43% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast home of the Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 43% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the mascots Joe and Josephine Bruin |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college that's home to the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that's home to the Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast campus that's home to the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose student newspaper is the Daily Bruin: Abbr. |
| 41% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the song "Hail to the Hills of Westwood" |
| 41% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast home of the NCAA's Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 41% | UCSB | 4 | West Coast sch. that was one of the original four nodes of the Internet forerunner ARPANET |
| 40% | IDAHO | 5 | State with the farthest inland Pacific port on the west coast |
| 39% | BEVERLYHILLS | 12 | West Coast "Real Housewives" version since 2010 with the "Vanderpump Rules" spin-off: 2 wds. |
| 38% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast sch. |
| 38% | UCAL | 4 | West Coast sch. |
| 38% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. where Bruin Walk is, complete with a statue of the Bruin bear |
| 36% | UCSF | 4 | West Coast sch. dedicated to health science |