The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has recognized 130 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 2024-2025 academic year.
2024-2025 Top Producers Demonstrate the Impact of Fulbright Across U.S. Higher Education
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions are grouped by Carnegie Classification, and represent the range of institutions engaging with the Fulbright Program and ensuring its broad impact on American communities across the country. Those marked with * are Student and Scholar Top Producing Institutions.
The institutions with the highest number of Fulbright U.S. Scholars within their classification were:
Doctoral: The Ohio State University (Ohio)*
Master’s: California State University-Channel Islands (California), College of Charleston (South Carolina), Western Washington University (Washington)
Baccalaureate: College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts)*
Associates: Miami Dade College (Florida), Northern Virginia Community College (Virginia)
Special Focus: The Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), Pratt Institute (New York)*
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals who teach or conduct research in affiliation with institutes abroad.
The institutions with the highest number of Fulbright U.S. Students within their classification were:
Doctoral: Brown University (Rhode Island)
Master’s: University of North Georgia (Georgia)
Baccalaureate: Oberlin College (Ohio)*
Special Focus: Pratt Institute (New York)*
Fulbright U.S. Students are recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals who participate in study/research exchanges or serve as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad.
Fulbright can be a life-changing opportunity. It certainly changed mine. My experience as a Fulbright scholar in Mexico enabled and supported the vital field research for my doctoral dissertation. It also set me on a path of global inquiry, learning and engagement that has shaped my entire career as a teacher, scholar and leader in higher education. I’m grateful for the global connections the Fulbright helped me forge, and especially for the global connections it provides our students of today and tomorrow.”
Strom C. Thacker, President of Pitzer College, U.S. Student Fulbrighter to Mexico
Pitzer College is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Top Producing Student Institution
Each of us has had the experience of sitting in a classroom and hearing an idea that changed the way we think, or feeling a flash of illumination while participating in a research project. The Fulbright program gives the brightest students from around the world the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge research and learn through cultural exchange. The education they receive opens their minds and prepares them for lives of meaning and contribution.”
Jonathan Levin, President of Stanford University, U.S. Student Fulbrighter to the UK
Stanford University is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Top Producing Student Institution
Participating in a Fulbright program as a student, faculty or administrator has a profound impact on your understanding of the world. We need these experiential opportunities to see the world for ourselves. We benefit from engaging in direct conversations with people from around the world to better understand our interconnectedness in the pursuit of being global citizens.”
Beverly Moore-Garcia, President of Miami Dade College West Campus, U.S. Scholar Fulbrighter to Taiwan
Miami Dade College is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Top Producing Scholar Institution
Fulbright can be a life-changing opportunity. It certainly changed mine. My experience as a Fulbright scholar in Mexico enabled and supported the vital field research for my doctoral dissertation. It also set me on a path of global inquiry, learning and engagement that has shaped my entire career as a teacher, scholar and leader in higher education. I’m grateful for the global connections the Fulbright helped me forge, and especially for the global connections it provides our students of today and tomorrow.”
Strom C. Thacker, President of Pitzer College, U.S. Student Fulbrighter to Mexico
Pitzer College is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Top Producing Student Institution
Each of us has had the experience of sitting in a classroom and hearing an idea that changed the way we think, or feeling a flash of illumination while participating in a research project. The Fulbright program gives the brightest students from around the world the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge research and learn through cultural exchange. The education they receive opens their minds and prepares them for lives of meaning and contribution.”
Jonathan Levin, President of Stanford University, U.S. Student Fulbrighter to the UK
Stanford University is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Top Producing Student Institution
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Nineteen institutions had the distinction of being a top producer of both Fulbright U.S. Students and U.S. Scholars:
American University (District of Columbia), Arizona State University, Barnard College (New York), Boston University (Massachusetts), Carleton College (Minnesota), College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts), Columbia University (New York), The George Washington University (District of Columbia), Oberlin College (Ohio), The Ohio State University (Ohio), The Pennsylvania State University, Pratt Institute (New York), Purdue University (Indiana), Salisbury University (Maryland), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Michigan), University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania), University of Southern California (California), University of Washington (Washington), University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wisconsin)
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions have encouraged veterans and military-affiliated students to take part in the Fulbright Program
Purdue alum and current Georgetown graduate student Benjamin Rich combined his military service with a Fulbright in South Korea to research trade and strengthen the security of the U.S. and its allies.
Fulbright has supported participants at various stages of their military careers from TPIs such as the Delaware, UT Knoxville, Pitzer, Arizona State, and Penn.
