Top Producing Institutions, recognized for having the highest number of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs in 2023-2024, are listed on the interactive table below.
Users can select Fulbright U.S. Scholars or Fulbright U.S. Students in the program field and can filter by year and Carnegie Classification using the drop-down menus.
Twelve institutions – seven doctoral, one master’s, three baccalaureate, and one special focus institutions - earned the distinction of being Top Producers of both U.S. Scholars and U.S. Students in 2023-2024. The numbers listed reflect the total number of awards offered for the 2023-2024 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 |
| Brown University | Rhode Island | 30 | 110 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Georgetown University | District Of Columbia | 27 | 116 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Notre Dame | Indiana | 27 | 95 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Harvard University | Massachusetts | 26 | 137 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Chicago | Illinois | 26 | 111 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Princeton University | New Jersey | 22 | 111 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Columbia University | New York | 21 | 100 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Michigan | 21 | 102 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 21 | 92 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Washington | Washington | 21 | 72 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Wisconsin | 21 | 60 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Yale University | Connecticut | 20 | 78 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Stanford University | California | 19 | 67 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 18 | 52 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| New York University | New York | 17 | 83 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Massachusetts | 16 | 45 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Arizona State University - Tempe | Arizona | 15 | 67 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Boston College | Massachusetts | 15 | 62 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Cornell University | New York | 15 | 59 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | 15 | 109 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Louisville | Kentucky | 15 | 30 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland | 15 | 43 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | New Jersey | 14 | 111 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Indiana University, Bloomington | Indiana | 13 | 68 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Ohio State University | Ohio | 13 | 60 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Georgia | Georgia | 13 | 47 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Southern California | California | 13 | 82 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Texas at Austin | Texas | 13 | 58 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Vanderbilt University | Tennessee | 13 | 41 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Duke University | North Carolina | 12 | 60 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| George Washington University | District Of Columbia | 12 | 49 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus | Pennsylvania | 12 | 59 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of California, Berkeley | California | 12 | 55 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Iowa | Iowa | 12 | 36 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 12 | 82 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Emory University | Georgia | 11 | 52 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Tulane University | Louisiana | 11 | 49 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Virginia | 11 | 42 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Tufts University | Massachusetts | 10 | 60 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| University of Rochester | New York | 10 | 32 | 2016-2017 | ✔ |
| Florida State University | Florida | 9 | 75 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Minnesota | 9 | 54 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska | 9 | 35 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 9 | 47 | 2016-2017 | |
| Wake Forest University | North Carolina | 9 | 39 | 2016-2017 | |
| College of William and Mary | Virginia | 8 | 39 | 2016-2017 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts | 8 | 26 | 2016-2017 | |
| Purdue University | Indiana | 8 | 26 | 2016-2017 | |
| Rice University | Texas | 8 | 23 | 2016-2017 | |
| San Diego State University | California | 8 | 43 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | 8 | 47 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Florida | Florida | 8 | 47 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Illinois | 8 | 28 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Illinois | 8 | 50 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Missouri | 8 | 30 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 8 | 35 | 2016-2017 | |
| American University | District Of Columbia | 7 | 42 | 2016-2017 | |
| North Carolina State University | North Carolina | 7 | 20 | 2016-2017 | |
| Syracuse University | New York | 7 | 26 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 7 | 28 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Arizona | Arizona | 7 | 48 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 7 | 15 | 2016-2017 | |
| Fordham University | New York | 6 | 34 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of California, Davis | California | 6 | 24 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of California, Irvine | California | 6 | 38 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Connecticut | Connecticut | 6 | 25 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Oregon | Oregon | 6 | 18 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Virginia | Virginia | 6 | 61 | 2016-2017 | |
| Brandeis University | Massachusetts | 5 | 23 | 2016-2017 | |
| Colorado State University | Colorado | 5 | 26 | 2016-2017 | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia | 5 | 17 | 2016-2017 | |
| Michigan State University | Michigan | 5 | 25 | 2016-2017 | |
| State University of New York, Binghamton | New York | 5 | 21 | 2016-2017 | |
| The New School | New York | 5 | 18 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of California, San Diego | California | 5 | 16 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Central Florida | Florida | 5 | 25 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Colorado | 5 | 29 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Maryland | 5 | 33 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of South Carolina, Columbia | South Carolina | 5 | 26 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of South Florida | Florida | 5 | 42 | 2016-2017 | |
| Auburn University | Alabama | 4 | 15 | 2016-2017 | |
| Ball State University | Indiana | 4 | 24 | 2016-2017 | |
| Boston University | Massachusetts | 4 | 25 | 2016-2017 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pennsylvania | 4 | 34 | 2016-2017 | |
| Dartmouth College | New Hampshire | 4 | 38 | 2016-2017 | |
| Howard University | District Of Columbia | 4 | 20 | 2016-2017 | |
| Ohio University | Ohio | 4 | 13 | 2016-2017 | |
| Southern Methodist University | Texas | 4 | 9 | 2016-2017 | |
| Temple University | Pennsylvania | 4 | 32 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | California | 4 | 20 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Cincinnati | Ohio | 4 | 32 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Dayton | Ohio | 4 | 17 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Kansas | Kansas | 4 | 15 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Kentucky | Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Massachusetts, Boston | Massachusetts | 4 | 13 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Montana--Missoula | Montana | 4 | 16 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Tennessee | 4 | 25 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Utah | Utah | 4 | 14 | 2016-2017 | |
| University of Vermont | Vermont | 4 | 30 | 2016-2017 | |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Missouri | 4 | 26 | 2016-2017 |
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