2024-2025
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has recognized 130 institutions across the country as Top Producers of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for 2024-2025.
Within their Carnegie classification, 27 were Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars (only) and 84 were Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Students (only). Nineteen institutions – thirteen doctoral, one master’s, four baccalaureate, and one special focus institution – earned the distinction of being Top Producers of both U.S. Scholars and U.S. Students in 2024-2025. The 19 institutions that are listed in both categories are indicated with an asterisk.
Fulbright Student
Top Producing Institutions
- American University*
- Amherst College
- Arizona State University*
- Barnard College*
- Bates College
- Baylor University
- Boston College
- Boston University*
- Bowdoin College
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Bryn Mawr College
- California Institute of the Arts
- Carleton College*
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Coastal Carolina University
- Colgate University
- College of the Holy Cross*
- Colorado College
- Columbia University*
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Dickinson College
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Fordham University
- Georgetown University
- Hamilton College
- Harvard University
- Haverford College
- Indiana University, Bloomington
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kalamazoo College
- Kenyon College
- Lafayette College
- Lawrence University
- Macalester College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University
- Oberlin College*
- Occidental College
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Pratt Institute*
- Princeton University
- Purdue University*
- Reed College
- Rhodes College
- Rollins College
- Salisbury University*
- Salve Regina University
- Scripps College
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Smith College
- St. Olaf College
- Stanford University
- SUNY Geneseo
- Swarthmore College
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- The George Washington University*
- The Ohio State University*
- The Pennsylvania State University*
- The University of Alabama
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- The University of Virginia
- Tufts University
- Tulane University
- United States Military Academy at West Point
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Central Florida
- University of Chicago
- University of Georgia
- University of Houston
- University of Iowa
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Georgia
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania*
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Portland
- University of Richmond
- University of Southern California*
- University of Washington*
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- University of Wisconsin-Madison*
- Vanderbilt University
- Villanova University
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- William & Mary
- Williams College
- Yale University
Fulbright Scholar
Top Producing Institutions
- American University*
- Arizona State University*
- Barnard College*
- Boston University*
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- California State University Channel Islands
- Carleton College*
- College of Charleston
- College of the Holy Cross*
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University*
- Florida Polytechnic University
- Florida State University
- Fort Lewis College
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Furman University
- George Mason University
- Miami Dade College
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Oberlin College*
- Pratt Institute*
- Purdue University*
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick
- Salem State University
- Salisbury University*
- Southern Connecticut State University
- Texas Tech University
- The George Washington University*
- The Jewish Theological Seminary
- The Ohio State University*
- The Pennsylvania State University*
- The University of Tampa
- Trinity University
- United States Air Force Academy
- University of Delaware
- University of Florida
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor*
- University of Pennsylvania*
- University of South Florida
- University of Southern California*
- University of Washington*
- University of Wisconsin-Madison*
- Western Washington University
- Willamette University
* Student and Scholar Top Producing Institution
Fulbright Top Producing Data Table
The data table below lists all U.S. institutions that had recent alumni or faculty selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholars or Fulbright U.S. Students for 2024-2025; those recognized as Top Producing Institutions are indicated with a check in the column at right.
To view the lists by program and category, select Fulbright U.S. Student or Fulbright U.S. Scholar in the program field, and then filter by year and Carnegie Classification using the drop-down menus.
The numbers listed reflect the total number of awards offered for the 2024-2025 program year. Data prior to 2021-2022 reflect the number of awards accepted. For more information, see the Top Producing Institution announcement.
| Institution | State | Grants | Applications | Year | Top Producer |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Pennsylvania | 12 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of Florida | Florida | 11 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Colorado | 10 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of Southern California | California | 9 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Arizona | 8 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Colorado | 8 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Florida International University | Florida | 8 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Indiana | 8 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of South Florida | Florida | 8 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| George Washington University | District of Columbia | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Michigan State University | Michigan | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | North Carolina | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| SUNY at Albany | New York | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of California-Riverside | California | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Maryland | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Massachusetts | 7 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Texas Tech University | Texas | 6 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| The University of Alabama | Alabama | 6 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| University of California-Los Angeles | California | 6 | N/A | 2023-2024 | ✔ |
| Brigham Young University | Utah | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Duke University | North Carolina | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Florida State University | Florida | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Ohio | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Portland State University | Oregon | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Texas | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Arizona | Arizona | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of California-San Diego | California | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | South Carolina | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Vermont | Vermont | 5 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Boston University | Massachusetts | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Colorado School of Mines | Colorado | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Emory University | Georgia | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| George Mason University | Virginia | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Indiana | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Ohio | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Pace University | New York | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | Texas | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Central Florida | Florida | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Illinois | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Kansas | Kansas | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minnesota | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Notre Dame | Indiana | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Pennsylvania | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Virginia | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Washington | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Wayne State University | Michigan | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Yale University | Connecticut | 4 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| American University | District of Columbia | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Brown University | Rhode Island | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Dartmouth College | New Hampshire | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Drexel University | Pennsylvania | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Florida Atlantic University | Florida | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Georgia State University | Georgia | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Idaho State University | Idaho | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Iowa State University | Iowa | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Loyola Marymount University | California | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| New York University | New York | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Oregon State University | Oregon | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Jersey | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Seton Hall University | New Jersey | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Stanford University | California | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Texas | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | Texas | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University at Buffalo | New York | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Colorado | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | Colorado | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Denver | Colorado | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Hawaii | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Illinois | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Massachusetts | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Miami | Florida | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Michigan | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Mississippi | Mississippi | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | Missouri | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Nevada-Reno | Nevada | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of North Texas | Texas | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Oklahoma | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Oregon | Oregon | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of South Alabama | Alabama | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Utah | Utah | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| University of Wyoming | Wyoming | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Western Michigan University | Michigan | 3 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Adelphi University | New York | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| California State University-Long Beach | California | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pennsylvania | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Clemson University | South Carolina | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Cornell University | New York | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Fairfield University | Connecticut | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Fordham University | New York | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Harvard University | Massachusetts | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| James Madison University | Virginia | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Lehigh University | Pennsylvania | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Louisiana Tech University | Louisiana | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | New Mexico | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | North Dakota | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 | |
| Northeastern University | Massachusetts | 2 | N/A | 2023-2024 |