The Top Fulbright Scholarship Institutions are grouped according to the Carnegie Classification, and represent several institutions involved with the Fulbright Program and ensuring its broad impact on American communities across the country.
The list of Institutions with the highest number of US Fulbright Scholarship recipients with their classifications are:
Master’s: Western Washington University, California Polytechnic State University, Salem State University (Massachusetts)
Doctorate: Pennsylvania State University
Assistant: Kirkwood Community College (Iowa)
Special Focus: Oregon Health & Science University
Baccalaureate: Middlebury College (Vermont)
US Fulbright Scholarship recipients are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals who teach or conduct research affiliated with institutions abroad.
The list of institutions with the largest number of U.S. Fulbright students in their classification is:
Master’s: University of North Georgia
Doctoral: Georgetown University (District of Columbia)
Special Focus: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Illinois)
Baccalaureate: Bowdoin College (Maine)
U.S. Fulbright students are recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals who participate in study/research exchanges or work as English teaching assistants at local schools abroad.
Twelve institutions are identified as the top producers of U.S. Fulbright Students and U.S. Scholars: Arizona State University, Bowdoin College (Maine), George Washington University (District of Columbia), Middlebury College (Vermont), North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Reed College (Oregon), Rollins College (Florida), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Illinois), University of Alabama, University of Maryland – College Park, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and University of Southern California.
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Here is a complete list of all Top Fulbright Institutions by category.
Lee Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, praised the award recipients: “The 2023-24 Fulbright Institutions represent the diversity of America’s higher education community. Their dedicated administrators, faculty, and advisors support students and scholars to fulfill their potential and rise to the global challenges of the future through the Fulbright Program. We congratulate them, and all Fulbright scholars who are already making a positive impact around the world.”
The institutions across the United States that have been named Top Fulbright Scholars demonstrate that public and private colleges and universities of all types and sizes are helping their students and faculty share knowledge across their communities through the Fulbright program.
Fulbright Scholars Making an Impact in STEM Fields
Fulbright Scholars and their Top Scholars represent the diversity of U.S. higher education. Students and faculty selected for the Fulbright Program come from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in STEM research. When they return, they bring international and cross-cultural perspectives to their research and classroom teaching, and often help build international relationships for their U.S. colleges and universities.
New Top Producers
Fourteen colleges and universities, including six community colleges, are named Fulbright Top Producers for the first time.
Doctoral, Masters, Baccalaureate, and Special Focus Institutions
Hampden-Sydney College
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Kansas City Art Institute
Maine College of Art & Design
Roseman University of Health Sciences
University of California, Riverside
State University of New York at Albany
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Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Ashland Community and Technical College
Community College of Allegheny County
Genesee Community College
Kirkwood Community College
Pitt Community College
Oxford College of Emory University