ByMichael T. Nietzel,
Senior Contributor.
The 2026 cohort of Rhodes Scholars from the United States was announced Saturday by Dr. Ramona L. Doyle, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust.
This year’s 32 Rhodes Scholars will go to Oxford University in England in October 2026 to pursue their graduate studies. There, they will be joined by dozens of international scholars representing other counties. Several of those international scholars also attended American colleges and universities but are not U.S. citizens; they applied through their home country.
Shortly before Thanksgiving each year, the Rhodes Trust announces its newest group of Rhodes Scholars from the United States. The award, considered to be the most prestigious international scholarship for American college graduates, was established in 1903 through the final will and bequest of Cecil John Rhodes. The first class of scholars began its Oxford studies in 1904.
