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For the 11th consecutive year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ College is included in the list of colleges and universities that produced the most from the United States. Each year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces the top producing institutions for the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. The Chronicle of Higher Education annually.

In the 2019-20 academic year, nine Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates received Fulbright awards to engage in international exchange and learning. From English teaching assistantships in South Korea and Colombia to researching economic development in India and studying historical harp performance in Switzerland , Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Fulbright scholars gain valuable, transformative professional experiences.

By living with host families, Fulbright scholars are immersed in the culture of the country they reside in during their grant year, making them not only cultural ambassadors, but ambassadors of Â鶹ÊÓƵ throughout the world. 

For more than a decade, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been among the baccalaureate institutions that produce the most Fulbright scholars, including Amherst, Hamilton, Pitzer, Pomona, Smith, Swarthmore, Vassar, and Williams colleges.

First introduced by Senator J. William Fulbright, Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946 to foster international goodwill through global learning initiatives for students. The program is the largest of its kind in the United States and awards 1,900 grants annually.

Learn more about Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s past recipients of the Fulbright and other prestigious award programs.