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.


  • 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

  • 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
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois 6 8 2023-2024
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Massachusetts 2 3 2023-2024
Maryland Institute College of Art Maryland 1 9 2023-2024
Pratt Institute-Main New York 1 5 2023-2024
The Juilliard School New York 1 1 2023-2024
The New England Conservatory of Music Massachusetts 1 3 2023-2024
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Texas 1 1 2023-2024
University of California-San Francisco California 1 2 2023-2024
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Massachusetts 1 1 2023-2024