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2004—National MeritScholarsNational Merit and Achievement Scholars1995—National MeritScholarsNetChangeinMerit ScholarsPercentChangeinMerit ScholarsNetChangeinNationalRankNetChangeinControlRankFall 2003TotalStudentHeadcountHeadcount EnrollmentFall 1994TotalStudentHeadcountNetChangeinEnrollmentPercentChangeinEnrollement4 8 -4 -50.0% -33 -8 8,736 7,703 1,033 13.4%76 58 18 31.0% 6 2 37,083 35,306 1,777 5.0%48 29 19 65.5% 29 20 16,405 14,495 1,910 13.2%NA NA 2,170 1,864 306 16.4%68 59 9 15.3% 0 -2 33,065 29,634 3,431 11.6%14 26 -12 -46.2% -35 -12 29,402 22,442 6,960 31.0%12 13 -1 -7.7% 0 2 24,273 17,073 7,200 42.2%116 50 66 132.0% 18 9 37,055 35,110 1,945 5.5%0 8 -8 -100.0% -253 -97 17,296 8,590 8,706 101.4%48 36 12 33.3% 13 12 24,105 17,774 6,331 35.6%NA NA 2,763 3,729 -966 -25.9%10 12 -2 -16.7% -10 -2 20,847 17,834 3,013 16.9%4 4 0 0.0% 12 11 14,997 10,117 4,880 48.2%30 4 26 650.0% 137 57 41,535 25,592 15,943 62.3%204 91 113 124.2% 10 5 13,887 11,616 2,271 19.6%7 14 -7 -50.0% -40 -12 26,817 28,758 -1,941 -6.7%4 6 -2 -33.3% -14 -2 32,423 27,862 4,561 16.4%NA NA 2,981 2,500 481 19.2%NA NA 473 498 -25 -5.0%4 2 2 100.0% 46 21 22,053 22,466 -413 -1.8%17 15 2 13.3% 12 6 10,284 10,370 -86 -0.8%18 30 -12 -40.0% -29 -12 21,121 21,585 -464 -2.1%299 149 150 100.7% 6 3 47,858 38,277 9,581 25.0%67 43 24 55.8% 18 10 33,878 29,469 4,409 15.0%1 2 -1 -50.0% -44 -17 19,862 20,010 -148 -0.7%21 51 -30 -58.8% -61 -27 35,066 31,299 3,767 12.0%9 0 9 248 93 12,895 11,730 1,165 9.9%3 0 3 171 69 25,764 25,040 724 2.9%29 46 -17 -37.0% -34 -15 40,458 38,545 1,913 5.0%26 24 2 8.3% 4 8 29,745 27,671 2,074 7.5%60 57 3 5.3% -2 -3 26,814 25,336 1,478 5.8%NA NA 1,766 2,710 -944 -34.8%36 77 -41 -53.2% -43 -21 25,397 23,622 1,775 7.5%23 11 12 109.1% 45 23 20,605 20,721 -116 -0.6%2 5 -3 -60.0% -48 -12 11,222 11,001 221 2.0%NA NA 5,477 5,609 -132 -2.4%5 10 -5 -50.0% -39 -10 11,872 10,315 1,557 15.1%41 23 18 78.3% 36 24 35,329 32,493 2,836 8.7%1 0 1 106 40 24,310 24,825 -515 -2.1%NA NA 775 637 138 21.7%NA NA 4,942 4,020 922 22.9%24 23 1 4.3% 1 -5 15,235 13,734 1,501 10.9%64 50 14 28.0% 5 1 39,031 36,543 2,488 6.8%53 56 -3 -5.4% -8 -3 49,474 51,478 -2,004 -3.9%29 15 14 93.3% 42 22 13,780 10,437 3,343 32.0%NA NA 1,773 1,817 -44 -2.4%The Top American Research Universities 2005 Page 151