List of American universities with Olympic medalist students and alumni

The list of American universities with Olympic medalist students and alumni shows the number of Olympic medals won by students and alumni of American universities in Olympic Games up through 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Many of these athletes did not compete for the United States; the American college sports model, in which post-secondary institutions sponsor a wide range of athletic competitions and provide scholarships and subsidies to athletes with little regard for their origin, has the effect of drawing university-age athletes from all over the world to the United States for both academic and athletic study.

This list considers both summer and winter Olympic games, and only those who actually received Olympic medals are counted. Therefore, the list includes Olympic athletes only and excludes coaches, staff managers and so on. In addition, if an athlete attended more than one university, that athlete might show up in the medal count of each university attended. For example, Alma Richards who won the gold medal in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the high jump attended BYU prep school (degree), Cornell (degree), University of Southern California (degree) and Stanford. He is listed in the medal count for BYU, Cornell and USC, but Stanford does not include him in its list. Finally, in this list, universities are presented in descending order starting from those with the most Olympic medals.

In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was Stanford University (26 medals), followed by the University of Southern California (21 medals), the University of Florida (17 medals), UCLA (16 medals) and UC Berkeley (16 medals).

Top 10

Rank	University	State	NCAA				Total	Tokyo 2020
1	University of Southern California	California	Div I	153	96	77	326	21
2	Stanford University	California	Div I	153	81	68	302	26
3	UCLA	California	Div I	136	71	63	270	16
4	UC Berkeley	California	Div I	121	56	46	223	16
5	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	Div I	88	42	25	155	11
6	University of Michigan	Michigan	Div I	71	44	40	155	11
7	University of Florida	Florida	Div I	69	38	36	143	17
8	Ohio State University	Ohio	Div I	52	40	26	118	4
9	Yale University	Connecticut	Div I	52	26	32	110	3
10	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Div I	46	42	22	110	2

11th – 50th

Rank	University	State	NCAA				Total	Tokyo 2020	References
11	Indiana University Bloomington	Indiana	Div I	51	21	23	95	8
12	University of Washington	Washington	Div I	40	20	21	81	8
13	University of Arizona	Arizona	Div I	37	27	15	79	5
14	University of Minnesota	Minnesota	Div I	26	32	18	76	3
15	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Div I	26	28	22	76	0
16	University of Georgia	Georgia	Div I	30	20	20	70	11
17	Princeton University	New Jersey	Div I	20	24	26	70	3
18	University of Tennessee	Tennessee	Div I	41	15	12	68	5
19	Cornell University	New York	Div I	28	24	11	63	2
20	Arizona State University	Arizona	Div I	25	12	23	60	0
21	Auburn University	Alabama	Div I	22	?	?	60	6
22	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Div I	15	25	13	53	?
23	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Nebraska	Div I	15	13	25	53	3	Full list
24	UNC Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Div I	35	8	8	51	3
25	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Div I	20	20	11	51	0
26	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	Div I	11	11	26	48	6	Full list
27	CSU Long Beach	California	Div I	18	14	15	47	0
28	University of Kansas	Kansas	Div I	32	?	?	45	0
29	Louisiana State University	Louisiana	Div I	24	10	11	45	11
30	University of Houston	Texas	Div I	20	13	8	41	0
31	Boston University	Massachusetts	Div I	16	17	7	40	0
32	Brown University	Rhode Island	Div I	12	10	17	39	1
33	Northern Michigan University	Michigan	Div II	6	12	21	39	3
34	Columbia University	New York	Div I	17	12	9	38	0
35	University of Virginia	Virginia	Div I	17	9	9	35	9
36	Brigham Young University	Utah	Div I	15	17	3	35	0
37	UC Irvine	California	Div I	14	17	2	33	6
38	Michigan State University	Michigan	Div I	15	12	5	32	1
39	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Div I	15	3	14	32	8
40	University of Oregon	Oregon	Div I	13	12	7	32	5	Full list
41	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Div I	12	7	13	32	2
42	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma	Div I	20	4	7	31	2
43	Texas A&M University	Texas	Div I	16	6	6	28	7
44	Purdue University	Indiana	Div I	14	7	6	27	1
45	University of Miami	Florida	Div I	9	11	7	27	0
46	University of North Dakota	North Dakota	Div I	7	12	7	26	?
47	Syracuse University	New York	Div I	14	8	3	25	0
48	Northwestern University	Illinois	Div I	13	6	5	24	2
49	Tennessee State University	Tennessee	Div I	13	7	4	24	0
50	University of Arkansas	Arkansas	Div I	12	8	4	24	2

Other universities (51st–)

University	State	NCAA				Total	Tokyo 2020	Beijing 2022	References
University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Div I	13	7	3	23	0
Oregon State University	Oregon	Div I	13	4	6	23	1
Duke University	North Carolina	Div I	12	7	4	23	4
University of Iowa	Iowa	Div I	14	4	5	23	1
University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	Div I	10	5	7	22	2
San Jose State University	California	Div I	7	7	7	21	2
Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Div I	4	8	7	19	1
Santa Clara University	California	Div I	14	4	0	18	?		Full list
Texas Tech University	Texas	Div I	6	8	3	17	1	1	Full list
University of Alabama	Alabama	Div I	5	5	7	17	5
Baylor University	Texas	Div I	12	3	1	16	2
NC State University	North Carolina	Div I	7	5	3	15	2
Georgetown University	District of Columbia	Div I	5	5	5	15	0
UC Santa Barbara	California	Div I	11	2	2	15	0
University of Connecticut	Connecticut	Div I				14
California State University, Northridge	California	Div I	9	4	1	14
San Diego State University	California	Div I	8	3	3	14	2
University of South Carolina	South Carolina	Div I	0	6	7	13			Partial list
University of Kentucky	Kentucky	Div I	8	3	1	12	12
Williams College	Massachusetts	Div III	3	0	9	12
MIT	Massachusetts	Div III	3	4	5	12
West Virginia University	West Virginia	Div I	7	3	1	11
Iowa State University	Iowa	Div I	6	1	4	11
University of Maryland	Maryland	Div I	6	2	3	11
University of Missouri	Missouri	Div I	4	4	2	10	0
UC Davis	California	Div I	10	0	0	10	0
Washington State University	Washington	Div I	5	3	1	9
Florida State University	Florida	Div I	4	2	3	9
Furman University	South Carolina	Div I	4	0	4	8
The University of Chicago	Illinois	Div III	5	2	1	8
Cal Poly Pomona	California	Div II	3	1	3	7
New York University	New York	Div III	1	2	4	7
University of Cincinnati	Ohio	Div I	4	2	1	7
Abilene Christian University	Texas	Div I	4	2	0	6
DeVry University	–	–	1	1	4	6
Westminster University	Utah	Div II	0	5	1	6
Fordham University	New York	Div I	3	1	1	5
Indiana State University	Indiana	Div I	3	1	1	5
University of Idaho	Idaho	Div I	4	1	0	5
University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Div I	3	0	2	5
Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Div I	2	3	0	5
Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Div I	3	0	2	5
Middlebury College	Vermont	Div III	0	4	1	5
Rice University	Texas	Div I	1	1	2	4
University of Alaska Fairbanks	Alaska	Div II	2	1	1	4
Boston College	Massachusetts	Div I	0	3	0	3
George Washington University	District of Columbia	Div I	0	1	2	3
University of Utah	Utah	Div I	0	3	0	3
College of the Holy Cross	Massachusetts	Div I	1	0	1	2
University of Central Florida	Florida	Div I	2	0	0	2
California University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Div II	1	0	1	2
Robert Morris University	Pennsylvania	Div I	0	2	0	2
University of New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Div I	0	1	1	2
Utah Valley University	Utah	Div I	0	1	1	2
Virginia Tech	Virginia	Div I	0	0	2	2
University of South Florida	Florida	Div I	1	0	0	1
Brandeis University	Massachusetts	Div III	0	1	0	1
Colorado Technical University	Colorado	–	0	1	0	1
Northern Arizona University	Arizona	Div I	0	0	1	1
Community College of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	–	0	0	1	1
Emerson College	Massachusetts	Div III	0	0	1	1
New York Institute of Technology	New York	Div II	0	0	1	1
Saddleback College	California	–	0	0	1	1
University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Colorado	Div II	0	0	1	1
Utah State University	Utah	Div I	0	1	0	1

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