This report counts for each subject the total number of merit results awarded to students in 2015. Where subjects have equal merit counts, entries are listed alphabetically.
| 1 | Accounting | 10 |
| 2 | Agricultural and Horticultural Management | 1 |
| 3 | Agricultural and Horticultural Science | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 2 |
| 5 | Arabic (Continuers) | 1 |
| 6 | Arts and the Community | 1 |
| 7 | Australian and International Politics | 1 |
| 8 | Biology | 63 |
| 9 | Business and Enterprise | 22 |
| 10 | Chemistry | 53 |
| 11 | Child Studies | 16 |
| 12 | Chinese (Background Speakers) | 1 |
| 13 | Chinese (Continuers) | 1 |
| 14 | Classical Studies | 5 |
| 15 | Communication and the Community | 2 |
| 16 | Communication Products I | 7 |
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| 17 | Communication Products II | 5 |
| 18 | Composing and Arranging | 1 |
| 19 | Creative Arts | 5 |
| 20 | Cross-Disciplinary Studies | 2 |
| 21 | Dance | 1 |
| 22 | Drama | 14 |
| 23 | Economics | 7 |
| 24 | English as a Second Language | 2 |
| 25 | English as Second Language Studies | 7 |
| 26 | English Communications | 85 |
| 27 | English Pathways | 2 |
| 28 | English Studies | 32 |
| 29 | Ensemble Performance | 6 |
| 30 | Food and Hospitality | 17 |
| 31 | French (Beginners) | 1 |
| 32 | French (Continuers) | 3 |
| 33 | Geography | 8 |
| 34 | German (Continuers) | 4 |
| 35 | Health | 10 |
| 36 | Health, Recreation and the Community | 1 |
| 37 | Hindi (Continuers) | 1 |
| 38 | Indonesian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 39 | Information Processing and Publishing | 16 |
| 40 | Information Technology | 1 |
| 41 | Integrated Learning | 8 |
| 42 | Integrated Learning II | 5 |
| 43 | Italian (Beginners) | 1 |
| 44 | Italian (Continuers) | 2 |
| 45 | Japanese (Beginners) | 1 |
| 46 | Japanese (Continuers) | 3 |
| 47 | Khmer (Continuers) | 1 |
| 48 | Legal Studies | 13 |
| 49 | Material Products I | 9 |
| 50 | Material Products II | 5 |
| 51 | Mathematical Applications | 66 |
| 52 | Mathematical Methods | 19 |
| 53 | Mathematical Studies | 53 |
| 54 | Media Studies | 2 |
| 55 | Modern Greek (Continuers) | 1 |
| 56 | Modern History | 22 |
| 57 | Music Individual Study | 1 |
| 58 | Music Technology | 1 |
| 59 | Musicianship | 3 |
| 60 | Nutrition | 9 |
| 61 | Outdoor Education | 7 |
| 62 | Performance Special Study | 8 |
| 63 | Philosophy | 1 |
| 64 | Physical Education | 21 |
| 65 | Physics | 47 |
| 66 | Psychology | 44 |
| 67 | Religion Studies | 13 |
| 68 | Research Project B | 321 |
| 69 | Russian (Continuers) | 1 |
| 70 | Scientific Studies | 4 |
| 71 | Society and Culture | 19 |
| 72 | Solo Performance | 15 |
| 73 | Spanish (Continuers) | 1 |
| 74 | Specialist Mathematics | 22 |
| 75 | Systems and Control Products I | 1 |
| 76 | Systems and Control Products II | 1 |
| 77 | Tourism | 5 |
| 78 | Vietnamese (Continuers) | 1 |
| 79 | Visual Arts - Art | 19 |
| 80 | Visual Arts - Design | 6 |
| 81 | Women's Studies | 2 |
| 82 | Workplace Practices | 26 |
| 83 | Workplace Practices B | 1 |