Memorize these and you could recognize 21.5% of all Colleges & Universities clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 26 | Operated by the Congregation of Holy Cross, this university has its own hotel, power plant & post office |
| 2 | Harvard | 25 | You now have to pay to use this university's coat of arms or veritas motto |
| 3 | Yale | 21 | In 1805, in his junior year, James F. Cooper was expelled from this Conn. college for frivolity |
| 4 | Dartmouth | 17 | Located in New England, it's the only Ivy League school that is a college, not a university |
| 5 | Stanford | 15 | This university was created as a memorial to its founder's son, Leland, Jr. |
| 6 | Georgetown | 15 | Some scenes in "The Exorcist" take place & were shot at this D.C. university |
| 7 | Columbia | 15 | In 1948, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the presidency of this Ivy League university |
| 8 | Princeton | 14 | In 2020 this Ivy League school in New Jersey dropped Woodrow Wilson's name from 2 institutions |
| 9 | Duke | 14 | The 1st modern laboratory for studying parapsychology was set up at this university in Durham, N.C. |
| 10 | Oxford | 13 | Roger Bacon, John Duns Scotus & William of Ockham were among the Franciscans who taught here |
| 11 | William and Mary | 13 | This U.S. college was chartered in 1693 by the royal pair for whom it is named |
| 12 | Caltech | 12 | The student to faculty ratio is only 3 to 1 at this West Coast rival of M.I.T. |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 11 | Bryn Mawr College is located in this state |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 11 | Dr. Milton Eisenhower was president of this renowned Baltimore university |
| 15 | Vassar | 10 | Though it went co-ed in 1968, it's still considered by some to be America's oldest women's college |
| 16 | Northwestern | 10 | This Evanston, Ill. university was the nation's first to have a school of speech |
| 17 | Cornell | 10 | Site of top hotel management school, this Ivy League university owns its hotel |
| 18 | Chicago | 10 | This city's DePaul University was founded in 1898 as St. Vincent's College |
| 19 | California | 10 | In 1910 this state's first junior college was founded in Fresno |
| 20 | the University of Pennsylvania | 9 | Ben Franklin was a founder of the academy that evolved into this university |
| 21 | Rutgers | 9 | It's the State University of New Jersey |
| 22 | Amherst | 9 | Emily Dickinson's grandfather was one of the founders of this college |
| 23 | Tulane | 8 | The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for women is part of this New Orleans university |
| 24 | Ohio | 8 | The University of Miami is in Florida; Miami University is in this state |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 8 | Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow |
| 26 | Gallaudet | 8 | This Washington, D.C. school is the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the U.S. |
| 27 | Cambridge | 8 | Christ's College at this university was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII |
| 28 | West Point | 8 | A sportswriter used the term "ivy colleges" in 1933 to describe 9 schools--the 8 current Ivies & this school in New York State |
| 29 | UCLA | 8 | Lonzo Ball, a star for this college team, didn't have far to travel for his pro job when the Lakers took him in the 2017 draft |
| 30 | MIT | 8 | The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is located at this Boston-area "institute" |
| 31 | Purdue | 7 | This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne |
| 32 | Maine | 7 | Harley College in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "Fanshawe" was modeled on his alma mater Bowdoin College in this state |
| 33 | Brown | 7 | On an alphabetical list of Ivy League schools, this "colorful" university comes first |
| 34 | USC | 7 | This university in Los Angeles supports a marine science center on Catalina Island |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 6 | University whose fight song is heard here:[Instrumental music plays] |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 6 | This Nashville school was chartered as the central university of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| 37 | Paris | 6 | In 1257 Robert de Sorbon opened a college of theology in this European city |
| 38 | Massachusetts | 6 | Henry F. Durant founded Wellesley on the grounds of his own country estate in this state |
| 39 | Bryn Mawr | 6 | The name of this college, in Montgomery County, Penn. comes from Welsh for "high hill" |
| 40 | Brigham Young | 6 | This university in Provo, Utah also has a campus in Hawaii |
| 41 | Berkeley | 6 | A manmade element, symbol Bk, was named for this city, home of the University of California |
| 42 | Trinity | 6 | Also known as the University of Dublin, it's Ireland's oldest university |
| 43 | the University of Florida | 6 | The sports drink Gatorade was named for this school's mascot |
| 44 | the University of Michigan | 6 | This Big Ten school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wolverines |
| 45 | the U.S. Naval Academy | 6 | At the beginning of the Civil War, this school moved from Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island |
| 46 | the University of Texas | 6 | You'll find the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on the main campus of this university |
| 47 | Washington, D.C. | 5 | Congress chartered this city's American Univ. in 1893, but instruction didn't begin until 1914 |
| 48 | the Sorbonne | 5 | This building on the Rue des Ecoles in Paris is sometimes used as a synonym for the University Of Paris |
| 49 | Texas | 5 | Food lovers can go to Berry in Georgia, Mount Olive in North Carolina or Rice in this state |
| 50 | Rice | 5 | In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965 |