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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 always 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	Includes 28 undergraduates and 17 graduates who are known U.S. citizens with unknown home locations
9	All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. military bases abroad represented
10	72 countries represented; China/Hong Kong and England/Scotland/United Kingdom listed separately per student preference
11	Some students awarded more than one degree
12	Degrees counted by year conferred
13	Rounded
14	Some records prior to 1990 incomplete
15	All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and U.S. military bases abroad represented
16	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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