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1	Includes professional students, who have already earned a four-year baccalaureate degree and are currently pursuing either a Bachelor of Architecture or a Bachelor of Arts degree; other professional programs (such as Master of Accounting or non-thesis doctorates) are officially considered graduate degrees
2	Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers
3	30.9% of current undergraduate students are National Merit Scholars (includes students in professional programs)
4	Includes Class III Students (students taking classes for credit, but not in a specific degree program) and Visitors (students taking courses for credit to be applied toward a degree at another school)
5	Ethnicity not recorded
6	Juniors and Seniors only
7	Reflects current home locations as reported by students
8	All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico represented
9	69 countries represented; China/Hong Kong and England/Scotland listed separately per student preference
10	Some students awared more than one degree
11	Degrees counted by year conferred
12	Rounded
13	Some records prior to 1990 incomplete
14	All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. military bases abroad represented
15	Degrees counted by preferred class year; degrees earned in professional programs (see footnote 1) counted as B, M, or D as appropriate

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