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 2022-2023 cycle? Let’s find out!

Top Producing Universities of Fulbright Scholars

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 13 offers or greater. And which is the school with the most Fulbright students and scholars? Look no further than Harvard University.

College/University	Number of Fulbright Applicants	Number of Awards Offered
Georgetown University	148	49
Princeton University	93	36
Brown University	143	30
Yale University	75	29
Harvard University	99	29
University of Notre Dame	97	28
Duke University	70	26
Columbia University	85	26
University of Pennsylvania	104	25
New York University	113	25
University of Southern California	73	22
University of Chicago	63	21
Vanderbilt University	45	20
Stanford University	62	20
Johns Hopkins University	47	20
Northwestern University	90	20
Villanova University	73	19
Rutgers University	75	19
University of Virginia	90	18
George Washington University	56	18
University of Texas at Austin	42	17
Cornell University	50	17
University of Iowa	48	17
Boston University	66	16
Emory University	51	16
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	64	16
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	36	16
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	53	16
Temple University	45	16
University of Michigan	81	15
Washington University in St. Louis	44	15
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities	47	15
Tulane University	47	15
University of Alabama	44	15
Stony Brook University	43	14
Baylor University	52	14
University of Tennessee at Knoxville	63	14
Dartmouth College	50	13
Indiana University	40	13
The Ohio State University	62	12
University of California at Berkeley	48	12
Arizona State University	60	12
University of California – Davis	42	11
University of Georgia	31	11
University of Florida	49	11
James Madison University	33	11
University of South Florida	53	10
University of Colorado Boulder	25	10
Carnegie Mellon University	28	10
Purdue University	47	10
University of Washington	52	10
University of Houston	37	10
Pennsylvania State University	28	10
University of Pittsburgh	32	10
University of Rochester	39	10
Syracuse University	44	10

Liberal Arts Colleges

Among liberal arts colleges, the following schools claim the most Fulbright offers awarded. And which is the school with the most Fulbright students and scholars? Look no further than Oberlin College.

College/University	Number of Fulbright Applicants	Number of Awards Offered
Bowdoin College	49	19
Washington and Lee University	48	15
Oberlin College	45	13
Pitzer College	56	13
Bates College	50	12
Barnard College	31	11
Kenyon College	42	11
Williams College	41	11
Macalester College	26	10
Swarthmore College	37	10
Hamilton College	22	10
Smith College	28	9
Vassar College	28	9
Franklin and Marshall College	38	9
Connecticut College	24	9
Pomona College	44	9
Amherst College	39	9
University of Richmond	19	8
Wellesley College	37	8
Bryn Mawr College	28	8
College of the Holy Cross	39	8
College of Saint Benedict	19	8
Scripps College	21	7
Wesleyan University	30	7
Colgate University	37	7
Middlebury College	29	7
Davidson College	19	6
University of Puget Sound	14	6
Dickinson College	23	6
University States Military Academy (West Point)	23	6
Bard College	23	5
Lafayette College	14	5
Occidental College	34	5
Denison University	27	5
Union College	15	4
Grinnell College	13	4
Lewis & Clark College	16	4
Colorado College	18	4
Haverford College	17	4
Mount Holyoke College	20	4
Kalamazoo College	19	4
Carleton College	38	4

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