2025-2026
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions
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.
Fulbright Student
Top Producing Institutions
- 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
Fulbright Scholar
Top Producing Institutions
- 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 | 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 |