College/university

  • Counts! Yale University, Ivy League in New Haven.

  • Shorthand for the University of Oxford (UK).

  • Real university; Stanford University in California.

  • Valid; common shorthand for Queen’s University (Canada).

  • Common short name for Harvard University, Ivy League.

  • Commonly used for the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland.

  • Real uni; Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)

  • Common short for the University of Cambridge (UK)

  • Real Ivy League university in New Jersey.

  • Common short for the University of Georgia (UGA).

  • Totally valid—Massachusetts Institute of Technology!

  • Could refer to a university in Queensland 🎓

  • Yes! CUNY’s Queens College in New York City.

  • Real university in Boston, USA; big private school.

  • Common nickname for University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Real university; short for Alabama State University.

  • A well-known short name for Indiana University 🎓

  • Yes! Shorthand for Quinnipiac University (CT, USA).

  • Nickname for Duke University (Durham, NC).

  • A common short name for the University of Florida 🐊

  • Famous nickname for Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • A common short name for the University of Virginia.

  • A common short name for the University of Vermont.

  • Common short for Columbia University (Ivy League, NYC)

  • Real university in Blacksburg; aka Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

  • Kansas is the familiar short name for the University of Kansas.

  • Yes! Common abbrev for New York University (NYC).

  • Yep! York University in Toronto, Canada.

  • Short for Cornell University (Ivy League)

  • A familiar short name for the University of Iowa 🏫

  • Kingston commonly refers to Kingston University in England.

  • Zion Bible College is now known as Northpoint Bible College.

  • Shorthand for the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • Informal for Virginia State University (Petersburg, VA).

  • A university name used in Atlanta, Georgia 🎓

  • Valid! UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Shorthand for the University of Rochester (USA).

  • Valid short name for Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

  • Nickname for University of Notre Dame (Indiana).

  • Common short for the University of Exeter, UK.

  • Real university; short for Arizona State University.

  • Real college near Boston; famous Eagles teams.

  • Short for Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

  • Common short form for the University of Oregon.

  • Private university in Denver, Colorado, founded in 1864.

  • Common short for the University of Richmond (US).

  • Real private university in Jacksonville, Florida.

  • Brown University, Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island

  • Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Short for Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

  • Common short name for the University of Alabama.

  • Yes! Common short for the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).

  • Nickname for California State University, Fresno

  • Common short for Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

  • Commonly used for the University of Illinois 🎓

  • Yep—shorthand for The University of Manchester (UK).

  • Short for University of Houston (Cougars).

  • Common short for University of Nebraska (Lincoln).

  • Valid - short for Kent State University in Ohio.

  • Common short for the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).

  • A well-known short name for the University of Washington.

  • Real university in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.

  • Short for Clemson University, public in South Carolina

  • Yes—short for the University of Maryland (College Park).

  • Real university; Syracuse University in New York.

  • Victoria University is a real university in Australia.

  • Short name for Northeastern University (Boston).

  • A recognized short name for the University of Idaho 🏫

  • Kent is a familiar short name for the University of Kent.

  • Works—short for Durham University (UK).

  • Short for Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.

  • Kings College is a recognized name used by several colleges.

  • Famous short name for Ohio State University.

  • Often used for Ohio University (Athens, OH).

  • Short for Tennessee State University in Nashville.

  • Short for Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

  • Common short for the University of Rhode Island.

  • Qatar University

  • Franklin University is a real American university 🎓

  • Short for Delaware State University (HBCU).

  • Valid! Youngstown State University, Ohio, USA.

  • A widely recognized university nickname in the United States.

  • Real school: Rochester University (Michigan, US).

  • Tufts University in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts.

  • Yep—University of Louisville in Kentucky!

  • Often shorthand for the University of Delaware.

  • Common shorthand for the University of Glasgow 🎓

  • Shorthand for University of Plymouth (UK), okay.

  • Short for Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

  • Yes! Short form of William & Mary in Virginia

  • Common shorthand for the University of South Carolina.

  • Real public university in Ames, Iowa.

  • Nickname for the University of Pennsylvania (Ivy).

  • Real school in Virginia, a private HBCU.

  • Valid! Common name; usually UT Austin.

  • Eaton College, several schools; main one in Ontario, Canada.

  • Common short for Indiana State University (Terre Haute).

  • Real university in Washington, D.C. (GWU).

  • Valid! Short for Utah State University (Logan).

  • Real uni in London; commonly called Richmond University.

The words in the list College/university are words players of the word game Categories game wrote in played games, sorted by how often they were used.