This report shows the total number of VCE High Achiever awards won by students in each subject across all Victorian schools in 2008.
| 1 | Accounting | 540 |
| 2 | Agricultural and Horticultural Studies | 26 |
| 3 | Art | 244 |
| 4 | Australian History | 107 |
| 5 | Biology | 879 |
| 6 | Business Administration (VCE VET) | 45 |
| 7 | Business Management | 947 |
| 8 | Chemistry | 751 |
| 9 | Classical Societies and Cultures | 35 |
| 10 | Community Services (VCE VET) | 27 |
| 11 | Dance | 45 |
| 12 | Dance (VCE VET) | 15 |
| 13 | Design and Technology | 272 |
| 14 | Drama | 123 |
| 15 | Economics | 214 |
| 16 | Electrotechnology (VCE VET) | 10 |
| 17 | Engineering Studies (Certificate II) | 19 |
| 18 | English | 3435 |
| 19 | English as an Additional Language | 266 |
| 20 | English Language | 166 |
| 21 | Environmental Science | 29 |
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| 22 | Equine Industry (VCE VET) | 13 |
| 23 | Financial Services (VCE VET) | 6 |
| 24 | Food and Technology | 274 |
| 25 | Furnishing (VCE VET) | 10 |
| 26 | Further Mathematics | 2106 |
| 27 | Geography | 200 |
| 28 | Health and Human Development | 994 |
| 29 | History: Renaissance Italy | 30 |
| 30 | History: Revolutions | 398 |
| 31 | Hospitality: Commercial Cookery (VCE VET) | 27 |
| 32 | Hospitality: Food and Beverages (VCE VET) | 77 |
| 33 | Industry and Enterprise | 26 |
| 34 | Information Technology (VCE VET) | 36 |
| 35 | International Studies | 149 |
| 36 | IT Applications | 319 |
| 37 | Laboratory Skills (VCE VET) | 1 |
| 38 | Languages: Albanian | 3 |
| 39 | Languages: Arabic | 9 |
| 40 | Languages: Auslan | 5 |
| 41 | Languages: Bosnian | 1 |
| 42 | Languages: Chinese First Language | 131 |
| 43 | Languages: Chinese Second Language | 57 |
| 44 | Languages: Chinese Second Language Advanced | 29 |
| 45 | Languages: Classical Greek | 3 |
| 46 | Languages: Classical Hebrew | 4 |
| 47 | Languages: Croatian | 4 |
| 48 | Languages: Filipino | 3 |
| 49 | Languages: French | 158 |
| 50 | Languages: German | 60 |
| 51 | Languages: Greek | 21 |
| 52 | Languages: Hebrew | 4 |
| 53 | Languages: Hindi | 6 |
| 54 | Languages: Hungarian | 2 |
| 55 | Languages: Indigenous Languages of Victoria | 4 |
| 56 | Languages: Indonesian First Language | 2 |
| 57 | Languages: Indonesian Second Language | 65 |
| 58 | Languages: Italian | 64 |
| 59 | Languages: Japanese First Language | 3 |
| 60 | Languages: Japanese Second Language | 96 |
| 61 | Languages: Khmer | 4 |
| 62 | Languages: Korean First Language | 6 |
| 63 | Languages: Korean Second Language | 5 |
| 64 | Languages: Latin | 14 |
| 65 | Languages: Macedonian | 6 |
| 66 | Languages: Maltese | 1 |
| 67 | Languages: Persian | 2 |
| 68 | Languages: Polish | 4 |
| 69 | Languages: Portuguese | 1 |
| 70 | Languages: Punjabi | 4 |
| 71 | Languages: Romanian | 2 |
| 72 | Languages: Russian | 4 |
| 73 | Languages: Serbian | 5 |
| 74 | Languages: Sinhala | 4 |
| 75 | Languages: Spanish | 11 |
| 76 | Languages: Swedish | 2 |
| 77 | Languages: Tamil | 3 |
| 78 | Languages: Turkish | 21 |
| 79 | Languages: Vietnamese | 35 |
| 80 | Legal Studies | 628 |
| 81 | Literature | 474 |
| 82 | Mathematical Methods | 985 |
| 83 | Mathematical Methods (CAS) | 347 |
| 84 | Media | 354 |
| 85 | Multimedia (VCE VET) | 85 |
| 86 | Music (VCE VET) | 19 |
| 87 | Music Group Performance | 67 |
| 88 | Music Solo Performance | 104 |
| 89 | Music Styles | 13 |
| 90 | Music Technical Production (VCE VET) | 27 |
| 91 | National Politics | 49 |
| 92 | Outdoor and Environmental Studies | 178 |
| 93 | Philosophy | 64 |
| 94 | Physical Education | 764 |
| 95 | Physics | 579 |
| 96 | Psychology | 1276 |
| 97 | Religion and Society | 129 |
| 98 | Sociology | 36 |
| 99 | Software Development | 114 |
| 100 | Specialist Mathematics | 409 |
| 101 | Sport and Recreation (VCE VET) | 85 |
| 102 | Studio Arts | 482 |
| 103 | Systems Engineering | 72 |
| 104 | Texts and Traditions | 57 |
| 105 | Theatre Studies | 75 |
| 106 | Visual Communication Design | 509 |