Between 1997 and 2000, nearly 60 % of NTU's student body (57.6 %) were graduates of Taipei City and County high schools. In marked contrast, Miaoli, Chiayi, Hualien, Hsinchu, Taitung, Penghu and Kinmen each accounted for less than 1 % of enrollment, and no students at all were admitted from Matsu.
若以縣市來分，1997-2000 年間就讀台大的學生中，出身台北縣市高中的比率約 6 成（57.6％），至於苗栗縣、嘉義縣、花蓮縣、新竹縣、台東縣、澎湖、金門等，都低於 1％；連江縣（馬祖）更是從來沒有學生進入台大。