The Chronicle: 3/8/2002: 2001 Freshman Merit Scholars

This table shows the 99 colleges and universities enrolling the largest numbers of freshman Merit Scholars named in 2001, and the number of freshman Merit Scholars those institutions enrolled in 2000.

For fall 2001, the table shows the total number of Merit Scholarship winners and the number whose scholarships were paid for by the institution, not by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation or other corporate sponsors. The rankings were determined by The Chronicle from an alphabetical listing appearing in the 2000-1 annual report of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Over all, 8,229 freshman Merit Scholars were enrolled in fall 2001-4, 769 at 230 private colleges and universities and 3,460 at 141 public institutions.

	2001 scholars
	Total	Sponsored by college	2000 total
1. Harvard U	360	0	382
2. Stanford U	265	0	209
3. U of Texas, Austin	233	166	245
4. U of California, Berkeley	231	164	245
5. U of Chicago	173	130	151
6. Texas A&M U	171	143	142
7. Yale U	167	0	191
8. Massachusetts Inst of Technology	165	0	148
9. Rice U	159	92	162
10. U of Florida	158	131	166
11. Princeton U	156	0	106
12. New York U	151	132	130
13. U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	145	118	137
14. U of Southern California	139	119	148
15. Washington U in St Louis	138	99	141
16. Northwestern U	129	75	81
17. Arizona State U	115	96	119
18. Brigham Young U	112	89	115
19. Iowa State U	110	75	113
20. Ohio State U	109	79	110
20. U of Oklahoma	109	88	132
22. Vanderbilt U	107	72	98
23. U of Kansas	105	76	116
24. Georgia Inst of Technology	103	65	103
25. Duke U	90	0	90
26. Carleton College	87	74	82
27. U of California, Los Angeles	84	66	84
28. Johns Hopkins U	80	52	59
28. U of Pennsylvania	80	0	70
30. Purdue U	75	51	54
31. Brown U	72	0	66
32. Florida State U	68	57	39
33. Oberlin College	67	57	58
	2001 scholars
	Total	Sponsored by college	2000 total
34. U of Arizona	65	48	41
35. U of Michigan, Ann Arbor	64	0	45
36. Cornell U	63	0	46
36. Michigan State U	63	49	59
38. Columbia U	58	0	47
39. Baylor U	55	40	60
40. Macalaster College	54	45	47
41. California Inst of Technology	53	0	68
41. U of Minnesota, Twin Cities	53	42	38
43. Tulane U	52	33	38
44. U of Georgia	51	37	46
45. U of California, San Diego	50	38	52
46. Boston U	49	34	57
46. Case Western Reserve U	49	28	67
46. U of Kentucky	49	43	59
46. Wheaton College (Ill)	49	40	52
50 U of Maryland, College Park	42	31	41
50. U of Notre Dame	42	0	45
50. U of South Carolina, Columbia	42	38	43
50. U of Virginia	42	0	48
54. Dartmouth College	40	0	63
54. U of Washington	40	26	43
56. Emory U	39	35	48
56. U of Nebraska, Lincoln	39	30	26
58. Harvey Mudd College	38	24	62
58. Swarthmore College	38	0	31
58. Tufts U	38	36	36
61. Louisiana State U	35	29	29
61. U of Iowa	35	29	32
61. U of Rochester	35	29	20
64. U of Tennessee, Knoxville	33	28	33
64. U of Utah	33	26	29
66. Clemson U	32	17	28
	2001 scholars
	Total	Sponsored by college	2000 total
67. Brandeis U	31	21	31
67. U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa	31	26	58
67. Washington and Lee U	31	29	35
70. Furman U	30	24	27
70. St Olaf College	30	25	41
72. Mississippi State U	29	21	32
72. Williams College	29	0	30
74. North Carolina State U	28	19	18
74. Virginia Tech	28	25	23
76. Miami U (Ohio)	27	21	32
76. U of Richmond	27	25	17
78. Grinnell College	26	20	37
78. U of Tulsa	26	22	24
80. Bowdoin College	25	18	22
80. Calvin College	25	20	20
80. Pomona College	25	6	25
80. U of Central Florida	25	21	30
80. U of Mississippi	25	20	27
85. Auburn U	24	16	37
85. Pennsylvania State U	24	5	25
85. Rose-Hulman Inst of Technology	24	18	17
85. U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	24	0	34
85. U of Wisconsin, Madison	24	5	44
90. George Washington U	23	19	16
90. Kenyon College	23	20	26
92. Rutgers U	22	15	11
92. Texas Tech U	22	20	19
92. U of Arkansas, Fayetteville	22	17	32
92. U of Miami	22	16	12
92. U of Puget Sound	22	19	15
97. Ball State U	21	18	19
97. Carnegie Mellon U	21	0	18
99. U of California, Davis	20	16	23
SOURCE: National Merit Scholarship Corporation

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