The University of Georgia ranks second in the nation as a 2024 top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships after a record number of 11 UGA undergraduates were selected as Boren Scholars this spring. UGA also ranks second for total number of Boren Awards in 2024, which is calculated by combining an institution’s Boren Scholarships and Fellowships.
Six of UGA’s recipients are Boren Flagship Scholars in UGA’s Portuguese Flagship Program; two are Boren Flagship Scholars in UGA’s Russian Flagship Program; and nine recipients are either majoring or minoring in international affairs.
UGA has had 105 Boren Scholarship and Fellowship offers since the program was established in 1991, with 63 in the last 10 years. The marks the fourth year in a row that the university has been named a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships.