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2007
National
Merit
Scholars
The Top American Research Universities
National Merit and Achievement Scholars Headcount Enrollment
1998
National
Merit
Scholars
Net
Change
in
Merit
Scholars
Percent
Change
in
Merit
Scholars
Net
Change
in
National
Rank
Net
Change
in
Control
Rank
Fall 2006
Total
Student
Headcount
Fall 1997
Total
Student
Headcount
Net
Change
in
Enrollment
Percent
Change
in
Enrollment
154 48 106 220.8% 29 16 51,234 44,255 6,979 15.8%
28 26 2 7.7% 4 3 23,547 21,505 2,042 9.5%
0 1,358 1,174 184 15.7%
47 37 10 27.0% 12 4 31,574 29,387 2,187 7.4%
31 29 2 6.9% 8 2 5,313 4,276 1,037 24.3%
94 85 9 10.6% -3 -2 8,125 7,579 546 7.2%
36 45 -9 -20.0% -6 -6 2,086 1,925 161 8.4%
32 34 -2 -5.9% 1 0 9,999 7,858 2,141 27.2%
41 71 -30 -42.3% -28 -14 9,592 9,908 -316 -3.2%
0 175 219 -44 -20.1%
53 16 37 231.3% 74 35 17,309 16,396 913 5.6%
17 6 11 183.3% 70 25 27,636 26,365 1,271 4.8%
87 56 31 55.4% 10 5 22,317 20,256 2,061 10.2%
63 47 16 34.0% 11 3 19,639 11,429 8,210 71.8%
0 848 686 162 23.6%
55 62 -7 -11.3% -8 -6 5,753 5,232 521 10.0%
3 5 -2 -40.0% -31 -21 19,860 10,632 9,228 86.8%
106 88 18 20.5% -1 -1 13,373 11,581 1,792 15.5%
73 51 22 43.1% 11 4 12,338 11,109 1,229 11.1%
1 0 1 120 46 37,997 30,012 7,985 26.6%
16 91 -75 -82.4% -88 -42 39,973 30,401 9,572 31.5%
11 42 -31 -73.8% -75 -47 24,531 19,356 5,175 26.7%
43 22 21 95.5% 40 18 14,148 12,532 1,616 12.9%
117 121 -4 -3.3% -6 -2 17,936 12,969 4,967 38.3%
359 433 -74 -17.1% 0 0 25,778 24,328 1,450 6.0%
63 12 51 425.0% 98 45 38,247 34,937 3,310 9.5%
0 0 0 3 -3 29,764 27,036 2,728 10.1%
45 113 -68 -60.2% -33 -14 25,462 25,384 78 0.3%
27 62 -35 -56.5% -45 -23 19,708 15,668 4,040 25.8%
8 25 -17 -68.0% -71 -22 23,141 20,306 2,835 14.0%
43 31 12 38.7% 22 11 29,925 28,686 1,239 4.3%
0 2,199 2,892 -693 -24.0%
171 123 48 39.0% -2 -2 10,253 9,880 373 3.8%
0 2,227 2,448 -221 -9.0%
0 1,319 1,277 42 3.3%
0 2,498 2,326 172 7.4%
40 63 -23 -36.5% -26 -13 45,520 42,603 2,917 6.8%
29 30 -1 -3.3% 1 2 16,206 15,628 578 3.7%
7 4 3 75.0% 49 19 12,052 11,603 449 3.9%
0 696 500 196 39.2%
4 1 3 300.0% 72 29 1,833 1,393 440 31.6%
1 1 0 0.0% -1 5 16,415 15,067 1,348 8.9%
167 108 59 54.6% 1 -1 40,870 36,679 4,191 11.4%
7 13 -6 -46.2% -33 -9 31,130 28,281 2,849 10.1%
5 6 -1 -16.7% -19 -4 12,258 9,408 2,850 30.3%
254 123 131 106.5% 10 6 18,486 17,478 1,008 5.8%
128 81 47 58.0% 4 3 51,818 48,278 3,540 7.3%
0 2,418 1,747 671 38.4%
5 3 2 66.7% 37 14 19,352 14,490 4,862 33.6%
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