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 |
| Georgetown University | District of Columbia | 49 | 148 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Princeton University | New Jersey | 36 | 93 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Brown University | Rhode Island | 30 | 143 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Harvard University | Massachusetts | 29 | 99 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Yale University | Connecticut | 29 | 75 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Notre Dame | Indiana | 28 | 97 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | 26 | 85 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Duke University | North Carolina | 26 | 70 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| New York University | New York | 25 | 113 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 25 | 104 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Southern California | California | 22 | 73 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Chicago | Illinois | 21 | 63 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 20 | 47 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | 20 | 90 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Stanford University | California | 20 | 62 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Vanderbilt University | Tennessee | 20 | 45 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Jersey | 19 | 75 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Villanova University | Pennsylvania | 19 | 73 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| George Washington University | District of Columbia | 18 | 56 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Virginia | 18 | 90 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Cornell University | New York | 17 | 60 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Texas | 17 | 42 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Iowa | Iowa | 17 | 48 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Boston University | Massachusetts | 16 | 66 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Emory University | Georgia | 16 | 51 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts | 16 | 36 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Temple University | Pennsylvania | 16 | 45 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Illinois | 16 | 53 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 16 | 64 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| The University of Alabama | Alabama | 15 | 44 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | Louisiana | 15 | 47 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Michigan | 15 | 81 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minnesota | 15 | 47 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Washington University in St Louis | Missouri | 15 | 44 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Baylor University | Texas | 14 | 52 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Stony Brook University | New York | 14 | 43 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Tennessee | 14 | 63 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Dartmouth College | New Hampshire | 13 | 50 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Indiana | 13 | 40 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Arizona | 12 | 60 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Ohio | 12 | 62 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of California-Berkeley | California | 12 | 48 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| James Madison University | Virginia | 11 | 33 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of California-Davis | California | 11 | 42 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Florida | Florida | 11 | 49 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Georgia | Georgia | 11 | 31 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pennsylvania | 10 | 28 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Indiana | 10 | 47 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| Syracuse University | New York | 10 | 44 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Pennsylvania | 10 | 28 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Colorado | 10 | 25 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Houston | Texas | 10 | 37 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Pennsylvania | 10 | 32 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Rochester | New York | 10 | 39 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of South Florida | Florida | 10 | 53 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Washington | 10 | 52 | 2022-2023 | ✔ |
| American University | District of Columbia | 9 | 35 | 2022-2023 | |
| Elon University | North Carolina | 9 | 19 | 2022-2023 | |
| Florida State University | Florida | 9 | 37 | 2022-2023 | |
| Michigan State University | Michigan | 9 | 35 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Louisville | Kentucky | 9 | 33 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Wisconsin | 9 | 49 | 2022-2023 | |
| Boston College | Massachusetts | 8 | 67 | 2022-2023 | |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Ohio | 8 | 30 | 2022-2023 | |
| Tufts University | Massachusetts | 8 | 51 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles | California | 8 | 48 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | Maryland | 8 | 35 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Maryland | 8 | 38 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of North Texas | Texas | 8 | 19 | 2022-2023 | |
| Oregon State University | Oregon | 7 | 21 | 2022-2023 | |
| Saint Louis University | Missouri | 7 | 20 | 2022-2023 | |
| Texas State University | Texas | 7 | 22 | 2022-2023 | |
| University at Buffalo | New York | 7 | 20 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Arkansas | Arkansas | 7 | 31 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska | 7 | 18 | 2022-2023 | |
| West Virginia University | West Virginia | 7 | 25 | 2022-2023 | |
| DePaul University | Illinois | 6 | 22 | 2022-2023 | |
| Miami University-Oxford | Ohio | 6 | 22 | 2022-2023 | |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | North Carolina | 6 | 24 | 2022-2023 | |
| Northeastern University | Massachusetts | 6 | 41 | 2022-2023 | |
| Rice University | Texas | 6 | 17 | 2022-2023 | |
| San Diego State University | California | 6 | 12 | 2022-2023 | |
| Santa Clara University | California | 6 | 21 | 2022-2023 | |
| Texas Tech University | Texas | 6 | 15 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Alabama | 6 | 17 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | California | 6 | 15 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Mississippi | Mississippi | 6 | 20 | 2022-2023 | |
| Ball State University | Indiana | 5 | 21 | 2022-2023 | |
| Brandeis University | Massachusetts | 5 | 29 | 2022-2023 | |
| Clemson University | South Carolina | 5 | 14 | 2022-2023 | |
| Fordham University | New York | 5 | 24 | 2022-2023 | |
| Mercer University | Georgia | 5 | 17 | 2022-2023 | |
| Seattle University | Washington | 5 | 14 | 2022-2023 | |
| Southern Methodist University | Texas | 5 | 28 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of California-Irvine | California | 5 | 19 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Central Florida | Florida | 5 | 24 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Ohio | 5 | 18 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Connecticut | Connecticut | 5 | 20 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Hawaii | 5 | 10 | 2022-2023 | |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Illinois | 5 | 19 | 2022-2023 |