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National Merit and Achievement Scholars, Fall 2008

All Institutions

Rank College # of
Scholars
1.
Harvard Univ. 285
2.
Univ. of Texas at Austin* 281
3.
Univ. of Southern California 254
4.
Northwestern University 239
5.
Washington Univ. in St. Louis 228
6.
Univ. of Chicago 222
7.
 Yale University 213
8.
Univ. of Oklahoma* 178
9.
Princeton University 175
10.
Rice University 169
10.
Arizona State University 169
11.
Univ. of Florida* 166
12.
Texas A&M University (College Station) 161
13.
Vanderbilt University 147
14.
Stanford Univ. 147
15.
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 142
15.
New York University 127
16. Ohio State Univ.-Columbus* 120
17.
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 114
18. Georgia Institute of Technology* 105

Public Institutions
Rank College Freshman
Enrollment		 # of
Scholars		 % of
Class
1.
Univ. of Oklahoma 3,883 178 4.58%
2.
Univ. of Texas at Austin 6,718 281 4.18%
3.
Georgia Institute of Technology 2,633 105 3.99%
4.
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3,893 142 3.65%
5.
University of Florida 6,441 166 2.58%
6.
Texas A&M University 8,093 161 1.99%
6.
Ohio State University 6,041 120 1.99%
7.
Arizona State Univ. 9,274 169 1.82%
8. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 6,940 91 1.31%

 

National Achievement Scholars

All Institutions

Rank
 College
# of
Scholars
1.
Harvard Univ.
58
2.
Yale Univ.
55
3.
Stanford Univ.
45
4.
Duke University
32
5.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31
5.
Univ. of Pennsylvania
31
6.
Princeton University
29
7.
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
25
8.
Columbia Univ.
24
9.
Brown Univ.
19
9.
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
19
10.
University of Florida
17
11.
Georgia Institute of Technology
16
11.
University of Southern California
16
11.
University of Michigan
16
12.
Howard University
14
12.
University of Texas at Austin
14
13.
University of South Carolina-Columbia
12
14.
Florida A&M University
11
15.
University of Georgia
10
16.
Georgetown University
9
16.
University of Pittsburgh
9
17.
Cornell University
8
17.
Amherst College
8
17.
Rice University
8
17.
Vanderbilt University
8
18.
University of Virginia
7
*Public Institution

Public Institutions
Rank College Freshman
Enrollment		 # of
Scholars		 % of
Class
1.
Georgia Institute of Technology 2,633 16 0.61%
2.
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ. 1,890 11 0.58%
3.
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3,893 19 0.49%
4.
College of William and Mary 1,387 5 0.36%
5.
University of South Carolina-Columbia 3,719 12 0.32%
5.
University of Maryland 1,569 5 0.32%
6.
University of Michigan 5,783 16 0.28%
7.
University of Florida 6,441 17 0.26%
7.
University of Pittsburgh 3,524 9 0.26%
8.
University of Virginia 3,248 7 0.22%
9.
University of Georgia 4,675 10 0.21%
9. University of Texas at Austin 6,718 14 0.21%