National Merit

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	AA	AB	AC	AD	AE	AF	AG	AH	AI
1		no FR	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989

2	University of Florida		382	342	270	231	202	158	146	32	23	147	166	169	180	183	196	280	252	299	284	237	197	194	208	189	184	196	149	156	151	146	110	145	103
3	University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa		281	223	258	185	134	155	148	143	131	261	197	140	106	87	84	95	73	38	45	52	38	74	68	55	100	31	42	59	43	34	57	42	30
4	University of Chicago		269	241	233	249	259	277	294	315	333	316	265	274	218	225	205	202	196	204	191	197	174	160	143	100	95	130	91	117	103	100	99	99	117
5	Texas A&M University		253	195	188	178	148	122	142	165	158	137	163	180	192	165	180	139	137	130	140	160	178	146	182	153	152	193	206	199	183	151	158	134	113
6	University of Southern California		226	316	265	276	257	230	226	240	250	270	260	256	233	270	244	210	196	198	177	185	155	170	137	148	123	89	109	84	116	59	37	50	40
7	University of Texas at Dallas		219	197	200	175	160	119	101	106	95	64	54	39	41	43	32	17	32	38	31	19	17	24	24	10	24	3	9	5	6	1	0	0	0
8	Purdue University		192	127	116	133	141	125	94	28	20	16	22	16	9	68	88	87	89	70	94	90	76	54	54	63	57	55	36	24	11	19	20	24	23
9	Harvard University		179	183	207	195	219	233	209	309	321	322	307	325	327	343	359	362	357	397	425	455	415	444	457	433	398	460	425	468	473	432	356	383	375
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology		158	159	134	147	156	154	139	185	212	191	160	166	143	145	171	159	158	156	174	153	185	173	155	123	127	121	149	144	123	139	124	135	137
11	Northeastern University		157	130	155	118	153	81	85	114	151	105	102	67	45	0	2	1	4	1	3	0	2	2	4	1	2	1	3	6	10	5	0	1	1
12	Stanford University		146	172	124	157	168	179	176	249	219	242	201	205	177	192	198	188	245	274	263	268	315	244	273	222	207	206	181	196	172	180	180	184	237
13	University of Pennsylvania		145	142	126	111	112	134	139	143	152	153	165	138	148	129	145	125	133	109	121	101	98	86	83	71	57	47	36	44	31	39	54	44	43
14	Vanderbilt University		129	214	222	182	219	220	206	260	285	207	238	201	197	155	184	140	183	151	159	140	115	107	106	76	93	84	83	98	77	79	49	57	46
15	University of Minnesota Twin Cities		127	112	107	137	159	150	147	141	135	143	168	101	113	82	100	75	61	53	40	38	54	40	43	46	51	30	56	36	37	41	49	35	47
16	Yale University		120	164	140	124	156	147	166	237	224	249	244	273	275	268	240	244	289	285	254	216	200	220	201	165	153	193	188	190	166	157	165	190	194
17	Arizona State University		114	99	136	151	126	109	112	118	120	99	125	104	164	170	154	190	158	163	176	103	116	119	132	48	47	33	30	28	25	19	8	8	8
18	Georgia Institute of Technology		112	95	88	105	65	55	59	57	176	127	136	132	119	121	117	117	106	117	97	116	124	115	117	121	108	108	131	128	137	125	105	92	124
19	University of Central Florida		107	83	91	83	89	77	69	84	64	68	76	49	57	62	45	28	22	30	34	25	25	32	19	18	11	10	4	11	9	12	19	7	23
20	University of Maryland, College Park		98	69	87	88	66	55	61	63	62	66	64	70	62	44	53	62	47	41	52	58	47	46	49	52	43	44	23	42	24	25	37	42	32
21	University of California, Berkeley		95	96	132	124	136	161	129	114	111	92	74	86	94	87	63	72	53	68	69	67	233	249	235	187	168	137	59	40	57	58	67	90	67
22	University of Michigan		95	65	68	80	90	60	56	66	63	53	48	71	64	73	72	71	75	64	66	61	72	55	51	46	58	63	50	59	59	62	70	74	98
23	University of Texas at Austin		92	79	85	90	90	74	60	71	74	63	53	54	249	295	291	259	264	247	263	271	236	250	249	206	255	307	234	259	198	228	222	221	228
24	Duke University		90	121	119	106	98	106	108	127	167	135	112	124	130	131	106	147	142	125	123	123	119	107	96	88	81	87	92	101	104	110	121	112	107
25	University of Oklahoma		88	91	87	156	317	279	288	313	176	196	207	232	199	181	176	143	149	171	174	168	116	145	148	159	168	171	207	177	158	145	93	109	60
26	Emory University		86	79	67	77	47	54	58	54	53	53	55	80	64	72	73	61	64	64	49	60	55	61	57	51	55	63	51	41	52	46	34	46	27
27	Boston University		84	72	66	60	42	56	35	36	34	44	30	42	32	31	47	58	66	56	63	49	53	60	61	37	65	55	42	34	51	45	26	24	29
28	Princeton University		81	108	114	90	123	117	146	179	192	216	190	228	246	204	211	195	220	219	190	179	174	122	138	146	132	115	140	149	162	152	121	169	155
29	Columbia College of Columbia University		77	77	67	69	68	67	78	103	103	128	111	87	109	98	87	78	96	60	58	63	67	54	48	56	35	28	26	25	30	19	21	29	34
30	Brown University		76	77	87	58	87	100	76	104	101	101	106	97	102	107	94	105	76	67	52	82	82	76	61	85	71	69	60	55	65	60	72	78	71
31	Case Western Reserve University		75	46	51	60	64	72	60	51	66	59	25	39	37	36	41	51	66	55	53	50	49	68	70	71	47	65	79	80	76	54	36	32	28
32	University of California, Los Angeles		73	79	79	77	57	43	43	32	18	27	36	24	25	41	32	26	114	116	127	94	86	87	102	83	43	61	50	45	58	81	95	64	79
33	Cornell University		67	64	74	78	76	81	72	92	87	66	86	61	84	74	63	72	45	52	45	44	69	53	48	47	41	36	42	53	58	74	77	80	73
34	Brigham Young University		62	62	63	95	63	71	63	58	81	65	83	76	87	90	95	88	111	119	141	111	112	115	131	133	119	128	125	128	105	111	100	84	82
35	Indiana University Bloomington		62	68	64	51	57	52	68	48	67	65	87	63	87	61	63	59	20	21	13	8	17	10	26	12	20	14	18	14	21	25	16	24	10
36	Tufts University		61	63	38	48	36	50	55	64	69	51	81	64	55	70	63	52	57	66	41	58	40	36	46	26	39	25	23	17	22	21	20	12	18
37	Florida State University		60	42	20	21	25	22	22	14	16	14	28	21	25	11	16	17	11	17	16	27	98	54	117	91	67	86	96	46	54	50	44	49	53
38	Northwestern University		58	216	244	172	200	168	206	228	259	240	247	241	257	240	254	203	178	162	100	109	139	92	136	123	137	128	110	99	113	105	120	92	103
39	University of South Florida		57	34	35	23	15	12	9	9	8	25	20	15	21	23	12	8	27	18	23	17	16	19	16	13	29	32	25	24	30	21	17	15	20
40	Rice University		56	49	65	55	57	67	59	64	74	162	178	177	183	177	167	145	172	184	182	173	170	168	189	175	220	222	227	247	263	236	251	233	207
41	University of Arizona		53	62	73	43	30	43	65	71	72	85	90	68	81	62	71	96	106	76	59	58	67	42	49	56	47	56	58	45	36	43	55	46	44
42	Clemson University		52	41	44	45	51	43	55	43	39	43	39	40	39	36	53	46	33	37	33	38	33	29	35	16	27	27	21	22	20	18	13	13	10
43	University of South Carolina-Columbia		50	65	53	68	55	36	46	56	62	46	48	46	40	52	39	27	44	46	47	34	42	44	40	66	46	30	32	24	21	14	12	23	17
44	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville		50	58	39	42	50	45	37	40	34	36	42	27	32	46	39	42	51	48	41	39	23	33	29	34	24	28	29	19	31	35	18	29	23
45	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey		50	29	55	40	45	35	35	35	24	24	35	25	21	19	26	16	18	16	16	9	26	21	21	19	23	23	21	25	25	29	31	33	30
46	Fordham University		48	39	63	48	47	43	44	53	54	42	46	35	45	30	26	11	13	7	3	2	1	1	4	1	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	0
47	Mississippi State University		47	49	31	45	35	37	37	41	32	17	13	21	21	24	29	26	38	33	25	37	31	35	36	30	28	46	31	13	18	19	14	33	22
48	University of Georgia		45	69	62	56	45	39	42	45	61	56	40	50	69	64	52	64	59	67	86	56	53	51	52	48	48	44	43	45	39	32	41	28	33
49	University of Utah		45	27	37	36	33	33	33	26	33	21	19	17	10	15	21	18	23	16	23	32	33	29	32	26	36	38	41	40	34	33	27	20	20
50	Johns Hopkins University		44	46	51	49	45	47	47	43	33	32	34	32	28	36	27	40	51	50	53	58	90	65	80	62	43	52	51	49	55	62	60	40	27
51	Carnegie Mellon University		44	46	51	37	36	55	51	38	32	38	36	27	29	33	32	27	24	24	34	22	26	19	29	34	27	30	20	22	18	13	14	16	24
52	University of Rochester		44	25	38	28	27	24	37	28	26	31	37	46	23	27	32	25	32	27	23	31	35	21	22	22	23	23	16	9	18	20	27	18	12
53	Washington University in St. Louis		41	32	35	45	38	33	32	223	223	234	239	237	240	253	228	269	199	224	189	176	165	164	143	108	98	78	59	46	74	68	57	69	67
54	University of Iowa		41	31	30	22	31	26	20	26	16	23	25	26	22	27	22	27	30	26	23	47	36	32	30	47	27	22	24	23	39	25	31	46	40
55	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill		41	20	25	34	29	28	20	49	47	147	168	170	193	161	182	170	149	153	151	149	160	151	105	47	43	46	47	49	33	42	48	37	46
56	University of Virginia		40	32	33	38	41	29	36	38	39	35	41	50	39	35	42	38	41	39	43	44	49	53	40	49	54	55	45	57	54	56	53	57	49
57	University of Kentucky		38	65	70	66	103	99	111	109	97	71	30	33	28	36	30	32	43	36	45	54	49	60	65	75	57	73	77	82	69	45	49	27	12
58	Auburn University		38	30	34	49	59	60	64	74	70	62	198	145	66	35	28	31	31	26	28	29	26	38	20	26	24	36	45	22	24	20	22	34	40
59	Carleton College		38	31	37	31	46	50	52	57	71	77	85	58	77	1	85	100	89	82	79	83	89	82	86	78	70	79	85	99	94	101	90	109	127
60	Michigan State University		36	38	51	53	54	34	43	45	39	40	37	42	56	58	40	54	53	46	62	51	66	61	52	63	66	65	45	42	56	60	72	66	82
61	Dartmouth College		35	41	58	67	41	49	64	63	70	79	75	95	79	84	55	79	69	54	52	54	45	71	58	62	62	49	58	55	50	30	56	47	43
62	Georgetown University		35	33	37	38	35	33	32	35	28	39	35	33	47	55	43	60	48	37	44	34	26	39	28	22	36	28	31	36	34	25	34	37	42
63	State University of New York at Stony Brook		35	22	9	9	19	24	25	11	14	12	4	12	6	6	3	19	9	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
64	University of Notre Dame		33	63	53	69	48	43	57	51	56	57	54	55	57	54	50	61	49	56	47	51	44	47	35	36	24	23	28	26	38	18	43	39	36
65	University of Nebraska Lincoln		33	43	45	35	35	36	47	33	51	46	44	46	50	60	66	46	60	65	52	42	39	26	29	37	36	18	25	23	18	22	18	26	23
66	Tulane University		33	34	36	24	32	39	33	44	30	39	43	46	39	62	24	24	52	59	49	53	55	43	53	42	34	50	63	58	45	54	41	45	39
67	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		33	28	39	24	31	29	26	39	88	70	69	72	98	94	88	80	26	29	43	32	28	42	32	28	37	42	46	23	41	52	61	44	52
68	Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge		33	22	30	24	24	25	27	25	43	38	36	42	42	37	43	45	43	40	39	44	41	34	39	31	41	35	31	25	22	25	26	27	29
69	Texas Tech University		33	21	16	23	13	15	8	4	5	3	8	10	10	14	11	16	12	11	17	16	22	19	13	18	13	7	10	14	5	7	8	3	1
70	University of Wisconsin Madison		32	30	22	24	19	17	15	16	20	21	21	25	22	25	32	21	31	36	29	36	26	44	32	33	24	23	29	27	29	22	18	22	22
71	University of Missouri - Columbia		32	44	41	29	17	13	18	30	12	29	25	26	21	34	20	26	21	32	18	21	20	30	23	37	30	46	61	37	24	34	40	35	32
72	Iowa State University		31	26	34	27	29	35	33	43	38	36	34	48	42	55	45	50	57	70	75	99	125	125	125	113	113	158	58	57	75	50	50	45	51
73	University of Cincinnati		30	32	30	77	64	50	44	49	30	38	42	41	26	38	27	34	18	7	10	16	9	6	9	8	13	6	14	14	14	12	8	9	9
74	University of Kansas		30	31	21	20	35	18	26	30	28	37	38	33	50	46	36	53	71	60	51	100	106	116	101	63	91	58	57	38	42	42	49	49	50
75	Oklahoma State University		30	27	23	22	11	13	17	25	31	19	30	31	13	20	26	21	17	8	20	13	19	18	23	18	16	20	20	22	26	38	21	17	31
76	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology		27	11	13	18	15	14	13	13	17	13	15	12	15	18	17	21	15	29	35	21	24	17	19	20	18	22	20	24	17	17	13	19	25
77	University of Mississippi		26	36	42	32	34	43	40	28	43	41	34	24	34	25	22	40	38	29	33	23	27	30	31	31	28	34	15	9	10	11	17	17	13
78	University of Miami		26	23	28	24	22	36	35	50	62	41	49	36	39	30	31	28	36	24	34	34	27	20	23	22	23	27	23	13	32	40	30	35	32
79	University of Tennessee, Knoxville		25	24	31	21	20	19	23	31	41	21	20	19	39	22	21	26	24	25	25	20	37	35	31	30	35	25	36	32	29	32	32	35	13
80	Florida Atlantic University		25	19	24	9	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Brandeis University		24	5	9	15	17	11	12	15	17	7	14	11	14	20	31	33	18	33	31	36	31	32	26	29	31	22	38	13	14	15	16	11	10
82	New York University		24	24	19	20	12	15	12	20	26	28	113	106	121	131	167	151	124	155	155	114	167	149	142	108	96	55	79	42	47	31	35	25	23
83	University of Alabama at Birmingham		23	23	17	22	30	22	24	21	27	12	15	16	10	5	6	3	6	6	7	9	10	3	9	6	2	6	2	3	1	2	4	0	1
84	University of Louisville		23	23	21	23	22	20	19	18	17	19	23	13	23	17	22	19	20	23	13	11	9	15	14	12	12	16	11	15	14	25	25	11	22
85	Rochester Institute of Technology		22	17	13	14	22	11	14	17	16	14	20	14	14	16	9	7	12	14	14	13	13	6	10	14	13	8	7	7	8	11	3	4	1
86	Miami University-Oxford		22	28	19	12	18	16	9	18	27	11	8	27	20	28	16	30	13	20	33	36	28	32	37	19	23	24	21	22	32	25	31	46	31
87	Harvey Mudd College		21	42	45	40	47	41	43	53	57	55	42	63	54	63	69	44	58	48	44	50	39	62	58	40	40	52	59	65	69	60	52	62	49
88	University of Idaho		21	20	9	14	22	17	23	23	25	12	17	22	21	26	14	14	4	9	11	8	8	13	5	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	1
89	University of Alabama at Huntsville		21	3	1	4	5		2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	0
90	Bowdoin College		20	23	26	21	21	16	33	32	21	36	34	52	37	33	30	40	25	26	23	19	26	22	18	6	2	4	2	2	0	2	4	1	4
91	University of Pittsburgh		20	10	20	17	12	25	16	28	29	27	30	28	28	26	30	20	21	23	13	7	13	9	11	11	14	15	10	4	9	3	2	6	9
92	University of Washington		19	24	25	27	15	23	12	18	19	13	14	30	37	45	42	44	38	36	44	38	41	44	43	47	39	44	39	31	39	32	22	16	23
93	Liberty University	*	19	19	19	16	9	20	23
94	California Institute of Technology		18	25	40	37	28	44	45	43	43	51	36	42	43	47	36	30	45	52	50	57	55	71	52	45	38	41	34	30	28	37	26	42	26
95	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		18	20	18	32	21	25	19	32	29	21	18	23	21	20	21	15	17	22	16	20	16	17	15	10	21	14	11	22	15	15	15	15	24
96	Washington and Lee University		18	12	8	19	21	15	13	25	19	13	21	24	22	22	26	30	28	27	25	28	31	35	28	16	29	30	22	29	27	22	28	23	19
97	Missouri University of Science and Technology		18	12	10	12	17	15	6	5	6	12	15	12	14	13	10	14	7	6	9	10	5	8	18	11	16	15	21	13	17	15	13	10	12
98	University of California, San Diego		18	15	18	19	16	19	18	14	15	12	14	13	15	8	15	13	39	48	59	51	52	53	51	51	39	46	36	5	46	57	47	52	53
99	Ohio State University-Columbus		17	26	36	32	30	19	18	16	22	62	92	100	122	127	128	120	99	105	103	119	115	116	121	81	112	101	92	95	107	106	109	26	42
100	The Pennsylvania State University-University Park		17	16	18	24	18	16	21	24	16	23	26	17	25	18	15	24	24	21	20	32	25	26	29	18	29	38	28	29	23	32	27	29	29