The Fulbright Program has recognized 114 higher education institutions from across the United States with the highest number of candidates selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs in the 2025-2026 academic year. 

Within their institutional types,** 25 institutions were Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and 96 were Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Students. Out of these, seven institutions earned the distinction of being Top Producers of both U.S. Scholars and U.S. Students in 2025-2026. The institutions listed in both categories are indicated with an asterisk below. 


  • Agnes Scott College 
  • American University 
  • Amherst College 
  • Appalachian State University* 
  • Arizona State University  
  • Bard College 
  • Barnard College 
  • Bates College 
  • Baylor University 
  • Boise State University 
  • Boston College 
  • Boston University 
  • Bowdoin College 
  • Brown University 
  • Bryn Mawr College 
  • Carleton College 
  • Carnegie Mellon University 
  • Colgate University 
  • College of Charleston 
  • College of the Holy Cross 
  • Colorado School of Mines 
  • Columbia University  
  • Cornell University 
  • Dartmouth College 
  • Davidson College 
  • Duke University 
  • Emory University 
  • Georgetown University 
  • Georgia Institute of Technology 
  • Grinnell College 
  • Hamilton College* 
  • Harvard University 
  • Haverford College 
  • Hope College 
  • Indiana University, Bloomington 
  • Johns Hopkins University 
  • The Juilliard School  
  • Kenyon College 
  • Lafayette College 
  • Loyola University Maryland 
  • Macalester College 
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
  • Miami University 
  • Middlebury College* 
  • New York University 
  • Northwestern University 
  • Oberlin College 
  • Occidental College 
  • The Ohio State University* 
  • Pitzer College 
  • Pomona College 
  • Princeton University 
  • Reed College 
  • Rhode Island School of Design 
  • Rhodes College 
  • Rollins College 
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick 
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
  • School of Visual Arts 
  • Scripps College 
  • Smith College 
  • St. Catherine University 
  • Stanford University 
  • SUNY Geneseo* 
  • Swarthmore College* 
  • Texas State University 
  • Tufts University 
  • Tulane University 
  • United States Air Force Academy 
  • The University of Alabama 
  • University of California, Los Angeles 
  • University of Chicago 
  • University of Georgia 
  • University of Iowa 
  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 
  • University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* 
  • University of North Georgia 
  • University of Notre Dame 
  • University of Pennsylvania 
  • University of Portland 
  • University of Southern California 
  • The University of Tampa  
  • The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 
  • University of Texas at Austin 
  • University of Virginia 
  • Vassar College 
  • Villanova University 
  • Wabash College 
  • Washington and Lee University 
  • Washington University in St. Louis 
  • Wellesley College 
  • Wesleyan University 
  • Western Washington University 
  • Williams College 
  • Yale University 

  •     Appalachian State University*
  •     California State University, Los Angeles
  •     California State University, Sacramento
  •     Hamilton College*
  •     Michigan State University
  •     Michigan Technological University
  •     Middlebury College*
  •     Morgan State University
  •     The New School
  •     The Ohio State University*
  •     Oregon Health & Science University
  •     Pacific Lutheran University
  •     Purdue University
  •     SUNY Geneseo*
  •     Swarthmore College*
  •     Texas Tech University
  •     University at Buffalo
  •     University of Arizona
  •     University of California, San Francisco
  •     University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  •     University of Missouri-Columbia
  •     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
  •     University of Oklahoma Health Campus
  •     University of South Florida
  •     Virginia State University

* Student and Scholar Top Producing Institution

**Top Producing Institutions are categorized based on their institutional Carnegie Classifications. For clarity and consistency, certain categories have been combined or renamed.

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 2025-2026; 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 Top Producing Institution Classification using the drop-down menus or filter by institution name to find a specific institution.

The numbers listed reflect the total number of awards offered for the 2025-2026 program year. Data prior to 2021-2022 reflect the number of awards accepted. For more information, see Top Producing Institution announcement.

Institution State Grants Applications Year Top Producer
Virginia State University VA 3 N/A 2025-2026
Hamilton College NY 2 N/A 2025-2026
Middlebury College VT 2 N/A 2025-2026
Pacific Lutheran University WA 2 N/A 2025-2026
SUNY College at Geneseo NY 2 N/A 2025-2026
Swarthmore College PA 2 N/A 2025-2026
Bemidji State University MN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Benedict College SC 1 N/A 2025-2026
Bryn Mawr College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Bucknell University PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Calvin University MI 1 N/A 2025-2026
Carleton College MN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Carroll College MT 1 N/A 2025-2026
Carthage College WI 1 N/A 2025-2026
Dalton State College GA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Dickinson College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Elizabeth City State University NC 1 N/A 2025-2026
Elizabethtown College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott AZ 1 N/A 2025-2026
Franklin and Marshall College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Holy Cross College IN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Indiana University-Southeast IN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Kalamazoo College MI 1 N/A 2025-2026
Kentucky State University KY 1 N/A 2025-2026
Langston University OK 1 N/A 2025-2026
Lincoln University PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Millikin University IL 1 N/A 2025-2026
Missouri Southern State University MO 1 N/A 2025-2026
Morehouse College GA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Otterbein University OH 1 N/A 2025-2026
Paul Quinn College TX 1 N/A 2025-2026
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Pitzer College CA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Randolph College VA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Rhodes College TN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Spelman College GA 1 N/A 2025-2026
St Lawrence University NY 1 N/A 2025-2026
St Olaf College MN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Taylor University IN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Thiel College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Transylvania University KY 1 N/A 2025-2026
Tuskegee University AL 1 N/A 2025-2026
United States Naval Academy MD 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff AR 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of Hawaii at Hilo HI 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of Minnesota-Crookston MN 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of Mount Union OH 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of South Carolina Beaufort SC 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of South Carolina-Upstate SC 1 N/A 2025-2026
University of Wisconsin-River Falls WI 1 N/A 2025-2026
Ursinus College PA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Wabash College IN 1 N/A 2025-2026
Wellesley College MA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Wesleyan University CT 1 N/A 2025-2026
Whitman College WA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Whittier College CA 1 N/A 2025-2026
Winston-Salem State University NC 1 N/A 2025-2026
Wofford College SC 1 N/A 2025-2026