National Merit Scholarship Finalists 2024 List. About 16,000 high school students in the graduating class of 2024 — less than 1 percent of u.s. The release is made available here to provide information about the national merit.

Every finalist will compete for one of 2,500 national merit $2500 scholarships that will. About 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a national merit scholarship, earning the merit scholar®.