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
Georgetown University District of Columbia 45 159 2019-2020
Brown University Rhode Island 38 121 2019-2020
Princeton University New Jersey 31 97 2019-2020
Villanova University Pennsylvania 30 91 2019-2020
Columbia University in the City of New York New York 29 129 2019-2020
Harvard University Massachusetts 27 125 2019-2020
Stanford University California 27 74 2019-2020
University of Chicago Illinois 27 121 2019-2020
Northwestern University Illinois 23 94 2019-2020
University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 22 86 2019-2020
Johns Hopkins University Maryland 21 50 2019-2020
New York University New York 21 102 2019-2020
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 21 87 2019-2020
University of Arizona Arizona 20 54 2019-2020
Yale University Connecticut 20 86 2019-2020
Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 19 81 2019-2020
University of California-Berkeley California 19 71 2019-2020
University of Iowa Iowa 18 47 2019-2020
University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 17 138 2019-2020
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 16 68 2019-2020
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 16 84 2019-2020
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 16 62 2019-2020
University of Notre Dame Indiana 15 76 2019-2020
Boston College Massachusetts 14 56 2019-2020
Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 14 44 2019-2020
University of Louisville Kentucky 14 32 2019-2020
University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 14 45 2019-2020
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 14 55 2019-2020
The University of Texas at Austin Texas 13 44 2019-2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 13 59 2019-2020
University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 13 30 2019-2020
University of Southern California California 13 53 2019-2020
University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 13 53 2019-2020
George Washington University District of Columbia 12 49 2019-2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 12 27 2019-2020
University of Houston Texas 12 30 2019-2020
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 12 42 2019-2020
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 11 77 2019-2020
The University of Alabama Alabama 11 45 2019-2020
American University District of Columbia 10 44 2019-2020
Florida State University Florida 10 60 2019-2020
Northeastern University Massachusetts 10 44 2019-2020
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Pennsylvania 10 33 2019-2020
University of Rochester New York 10 37 2019-2020
Washington University in St Louis Missouri 10 35 2019-2020
Duke University North Carolina 9 67 2019-2020
Emory University Georgia 9 66 2019-2020
Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 9 42 2019-2020
Stony Brook University New York 9 38 2019-2020
Syracuse University New York 9 24 2019-2020
University of Georgia Georgia 9 47 2019-2020
Vanderbilt University Tennessee 9 43 2019-2020
Boston University Massachusetts 8 51 2019-2020
Cornell University New York 8 35 2019-2020
George Mason University Virginia 8 27 2019-2020
Tufts University Massachusetts 8 53 2019-2020
University at Buffalo New York 8 23 2019-2020
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 8 41 2019-2020
University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 8 35 2019-2020
Baylor University Texas 7 21 2019-2020
Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 7 23 2019-2020
Fordham University New York 7 30 2019-2020
Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 7 11 2019-2020
Seattle University Washington 7 18 2019-2020
Temple University Pennsylvania 7 25 2019-2020
Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 7 43 2019-2020
University of California-Davis California 7 41 2019-2020
University of California-Los Angeles California 7 43 2019-2020
University of Connecticut Connecticut 7 25 2019-2020
University of Delaware Delaware 7 45 2019-2020
University of Florida Florida 7 31 2019-2020
University of Kansas Kansas 7 27 2019-2020
University of Kentucky Kentucky 7 36 2019-2020
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 7 37 2019-2020
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 7 23 2019-2020
Wake Forest University North Carolina 7 38 2019-2020
Dartmouth College New Hampshire 6 49 2019-2020
Drexel University Pennsylvania 6 21 2019-2020
Miami University-Oxford Ohio 6 28 2019-2020
Portland State University Oregon 6 23 2019-2020
Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 6 31 2019-2020
University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 6 27 2019-2020
University of Denver Colorado 6 30 2019-2020
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 6 32 2019-2020
University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 6 20 2019-2020
University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 6 25 2019-2020
University of Utah Utah 6 17 2019-2020
University of Vermont Vermont 6 27 2019-2020
Valparaiso University Indiana 6 15 2019-2020
West Virginia University West Virginia 6 21 2019-2020
College of William and Mary Virginia 5 34 2019-2020
Drake University Iowa 5 13 2019-2020
Elon University North Carolina 5 22 2019-2020
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia 5 19 2019-2020
Michigan State University Michigan 5 18 2019-2020
Pepperdine University California 5 21 2019-2020
The University of Montana Montana 5 12 2019-2020
University of California-San Diego California 5 28 2019-2020
University of Central Florida Florida 5 28 2019-2020
Western Kentucky University Kentucky 5 30 2019-2020