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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
36 63 -27 -42.9% -30 -16 26,773 25,108 1,665 6.6%
0 2,150 2,459 -309 -12.6%
30 75 -45 -60.0% -45 -22 26,382 23,540 2,842 12.1%
22 12 10 83.3% 44 20 20,785 20,283 502 2.5%
3 1 2 200.0% 55 22 11,797 8,917 2,880 32.3%
0 5,636 5,975 -339 -5.7%
4 3 1 33.3% 20 8 11,798 9,863 1,935 19.6%
53 52 1 1.9% -3 1 35,102 32,711 2,391 7.3%
1 3 -2 -66.7% -53 -16 25,593 24,884 709 2.8%
0 1,020 697 323 46.3%
0 5,677 4,468 1,209 27.1%
31 22 9 40.9% 21 9 15,670 13,651 2,019 14.8%
72 46 26 56.5% 20 14 40,025 36,995 3,030 8.2%
100 46 54 117.4% 30 18 50,402 45,410 4,992 11.0%
20 37 -17 -45.9% -40 -17 28,184 22,552 5,632 25.0%
66 37 29 78.4% 23 14 22,106 22,827 -721 -3.2%
0 3,067 2,618 449 17.2%
1 1 0 0.0% -1 5 27,912 19,249 8,663 45.0%
4 0 4 193 70 16,663 12,442 4,221 33.9%
2 1 1 100.0% 33 14 14,811 15,146 -335 -2.2%
1 3 -2 -66.7% -53 -16 25,721 23,956 1,765 7.4%
182 47 135 287.2% 37 21 27,717 24,368 3,349 13.7%
50 36 14 38.9% 16 6 11,603 10,275 1,328 12.9%
176 159 17 10.7% -6 -1 25,923 23,024 2,899 12.6%
0 3,790 2,646 1,144 43.2%
7 14 -7 -50.0% -39 -12 20,348 17,530 2,818 16.1%
145 71 74 104.2% 9 4 23,743 21,643 2,100 9.7%
30 11 19 172.7% 74 33 26,860 25,461 1,399 5.5%
1 0 1 120 46 15,062 13,409 1,653 12.3%
32 22 10 45.5% 27 12 8,846 8,451 395 4.7%
39 66 -27 -40.9% -29 -15 27,390 25,447 1,943 7.6%
12 13 -1 -7.7% 7 2 43,636 34,036 9,600 28.2%
244 148 96 64.9% 6 2 33,389 28,382 5,007 17.6%
21 30 -9 -30.0% -21 -7 28,901 25,401 3,500 13.8%
291 206 85 41.3% 1 0 49,697 48,857 840 1.7%
0 3,651 3,089 562 18.2%
0 2,874 2,657 217 8.2%
0 108 33 75 227.3%
0 2,255 2,127 128 6.0%
0 2,434 1,602 832 51.9%
21 26 -5 -19.2% -16 -4 30,511 25,889 4,622 17.9%
5 0 5 210 76 11,870 10,368 1,502 14.5%
42 49 -7 -14.3% -8 -3 24,068 21,942 2,126 9.7%
42 47 -5 -10.6% -5 0 39,524 35,367 4,157 11.8%
32 33 -1 -3.0% 5 2 41,028 39,699 1,329 3.3%
0 2,627 1,763 864 49.0%
0 23 -23 -100.0% -312 -113 14,444 21,234 -6,790 -32.0%
184 76 108 142.1% 15 7 11,607 10,210 1,397 13.7%
2 0 2 154 55 30,189 22,702 7,487 33.0%
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