Top Producing Universities of Fulbright Scholars

The Fulbright Program, founded in 1946, is one of the most prestigious and competitive scholarships offered to graduating college seniors, graduate students, and early career professionals. The program is designed to improve diplomacy and intercultural relations between the people of the United States and nations worldwide. Ok, perhaps the Fulbright scholarship isn’t as prestigious as the Rhodes Scholarship, but we’re splitting hairs. So, which of America’s universities produced the most Fulbright Scholars for the 2025-2026 cycle? Let’s find out!

National Universities

Among national universities, the following schools claim the most Fulbright offers awarded. Note that all eight Ivy League schools, MIT, Stanford, Duke, UChicago, and more of America’s most selective institutions, are represented with 14 offers or greater.

Institution	Grants	Applications
Georgetown University	42	159
Brown University	41	184
Harvard University	41	166
Yale University	38	184
Dartmouth College	32	105
Columbia University in the City of New York	26	129
New York University	25	146
Princeton University	25	94
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	25	100
Baylor University	24	103
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24	123
University of Notre Dame	22	72
Duke University	21	104
University of Chicago	21	76
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	20	75
University of Virginia-Main Campus	20	115
Stanford University	19	96
University of Pennsylvania	19	113
University of Southern California	19	100
Cornell University	18	69
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	18	42
University of Iowa	18	45
Northwestern University	17	93
Villanova University	17	99
American University	16	40
The University of Alabama	15	46
Emory University	14	78
Johns Hopkins University	14	55
Tufts University	14	59
Tulane University of Louisiana	13	45
Indiana University-Bloomington	12	32
University of California-Los Angeles	12	69
Boston College	11	62
Ohio State University-Main Campus	11	65
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	11	70
The University of Texas at Austin	11	56
University of Georgia	11	48
Boston University	10	78
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	10	45
Washington University in St Louis	10	59
Fordham University	9	52
Michigan State University	9	38
Northeastern University	9	50
University of California-Davis	9	49
University of Central Florida	9	56
University of Louisville	9	36
University of Wisconsin-Madison	9	67

Liberal Arts Colleges

Among liberal arts colleges, the following schools claim the most Fulbright offers awarded.

Institution	Grants	Applications
Pitzer College	18	76
Amherst College	17	52
Bowdoin College	17	46
Pomona College	17	75
Williams College	17	62
Oberlin College	16	76
Carleton College	14	68
College of the Holy Cross	12	53
Barnard College	11	65
Wellesley College	11	45
Wesleyan University	11	42
Smith College	10	32
Bates College	9	54
Occidental College	9	30
Colgate University	8	52
Davidson College	8	40
Kenyon College	8	34
University of Portland	8	22
Macalester College	7	29
Middlebury College	7	27
Scripps College	7	28
Wabash College	6	12
Bryn Mawr College	5	23
Hamilton College	5	43
Haverford College	5	29
Lafayette College	5	15
Reed College	5	43
United States Air Force Academy	5	14
Agnes Scott College	4	7
Bard College	4	31
Grinnell College	4	26
Hope College	4	14
Rhodes College	4	18
SUNY College at Geneseo	4	17
Swarthmore College	4	31
Vassar College	4	21
Colorado College	3	28
Dickinson College	3	28
Gettysburg College	3	11
Kalamazoo College	3	18
Saint Michael’s College	3	16
St Olaf College	3	18
Whitman College	3	7
Bucknell University	2	2
Centre College	2	11
Colby College	2	20
Connecticut College	2	15
Cornell College	2	7
Denison University	2	21
Franklin and Marshall College	2	18
Gustavus Adolphus College	2	10
Juniata College	2	17
Lawrence University	2	17
Meredith College	2	3
Mount Holyoke College	2	17
St. Mary’s College of Maryland	2	9
The University of the South	2	16
Trinity College	2	21
United States Military Academy	2	22

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