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By Vipul Jain
By Vipul Jain
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an American scholarship competition for recognition and scholarships. The program is administered by the National School Science Center (NMSC), a private non-profit organization based in Evanston, Illinois. This program starts in the year 1955.
Every year, NMSC conducts a competition for all eligible students. Until 2015, NMSC also operated the National Merit Scholarship Program for African American students only.
The NMSC portion of the PSAT/NMSQT score report shows the student's answers to the questions required for admission and whether the student's selection score qualifies for the National Scholarship Program. Students are encouraged to review this section of their score report and contact NMSC immediately if answers to admissions questions are incorrect or changed.
To be eligible for university-sponsored awards, winners must meet all three of the following criteria. Finalists:
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's 2018-19 Annual Report, the following is a list of universities that have named more than 100 National Merit Scholars for the entering class of 2019.
| Rank | University | Total scholars (including college-sponsored) | College- sponsored only |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Florida | 270 | 231 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 265 | 206 |
| 3 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) | 258 | 210 |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 244 | 188 |
| 5 | University of Chicago | 233 | 174 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 222 | 168 |
| 7 | Harvard University | 207 | 0 |
| 8 | University of Texas at Dallas | 200 | 173 |
| 9 | Texas A&M University, College Station | 188 | 144 |
| 10 | Northeastern University | 155 | 133 |
| 11 | Yale University | 140 | 0 |
| 12 | Arizona State University | 136 | 113 |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 136 | 0 |
| 14 | University of California, Berkeley | 132 | 0 |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 126 | 0 |
| 16 | Stanford University | 124 | 0 |
| 17 | Duke University | 119 | 0 |
| 18 | Purdue University (West Lafayette) | 116 | 101 |
| 19 | Princeton University | 114 | 0 |
| 20 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 107 | 95 |
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June 5, 2024, College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners
July 15, 2024, Additional College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners
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