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The Top 200 Institutions - National Merit and Achievement Scholars (2004)Top 50 Institutions in Merit and Achievement Scholars (2004)NumberofScholarsNationalRankControlRankInstitutionalControlHarvard University 397 1 1 PrivateUniversity of Florida 299 2 1 PublicYale University 285 3 2 PrivateStanford University 274 4 3 PrivateUniversity of Texas - Austin 247 5 2 PublicWashington University in St. Louis 224 6 4 PrivatePrinceton University 219 7 5 PrivateUniversity of Chicago 204 8 6 PrivateUniversity of Southern California 198 9 7 PrivateRice University 184 10 8 PrivateUniversity of Oklahoma - Norman 171 11 3 PublicArizona State University - Tempe 163 12 4 PublicNorthwestern University 162 13 9 PrivateMassachusetts Institute of Technology 156 14 10 PrivateNew York University 155 15 11 PrivateUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 153 16 5 PublicVanderbilt University 151 17 12 PrivateTexas A&M University 130 18 6 PublicDuke University 125 19 13 PrivateBrigham Young University - Provo 119 20 14 PrivateGeorgia Institute of Technology 117 21 7 PublicUniversity of California - Los Angeles 116 22 8 PublicUniversity of Pennsylvania 109 23 15 PrivateOhio State University - Columbus 105 24 9 PublicCarleton College 82 25 16 PrivateUniversity of Arizona 76 26 10 PublicIowa State University 70 27 11 PublicPurdue University - West Lafayette 70 27 11 PublicUniversity of California - Berkeley 68 29 13 PublicUniversity of Tulsa 68 29 17 PrivateBrown University 67 31 18 PrivateUniversity of Georgia 67 31 14 PublicTufts University 66 33 19 PrivateUniversity of Nebraska - Lincoln 65 34 15 PublicEmory University 64 35 20 PrivateUniversity of Michigan - Ann Arbor 64 35 16 PublicColumbia University 60 37 21 PrivateUniversity of Kansas - Lawrence 60 37 17 PublicTulane University 59 39 22 PrivateBoston University 56 40 23 PrivateUniversity of Notre Dame 56 40 23 PrivateCase Western Reserve University 55 42 25 PrivateDartmouth College 54 43 26 PrivateOberlin College 53 44 27 PrivateUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities 53 44 18 PublicCalifornia Institute of Technology 52 46 28 PrivateCornell University 52 46 28 PrivateSt. Olaf College 51 48 30 PrivateJohns Hopkins University 50 49 31 PrivateBaylor University 49 50 32 PrivatePage 224 The Top 200 Institutions - National Merit Scholars