List of American universities with Olympic medals


The list of American universities with Olympic medals shows the number of Olympic medals won by students and alumni of American universities in Olympic Games up through 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. These athletes are not necessarily representing the United States in the Olympic Games. A large number of Olympic athletes competed in the Olympic games while they were university students in the United States. Notable examples include Michael Phelps of University of Michigan, Katie Ledecky of Stanford University, and Missy Franklin of UC Berkeley.
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. The National Collegiate Athletic Association division of a university for school year 2017–2018 is shown for comparison. A university with remarks "I" means the count might be incomplete due to the lack of reliable sources. In this list, universities are presented in descending order starting from those with the most Olympic medals.
In the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was Stanford University, followed by UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California ; the University of Florida and UT Austin tied for 4th place.

Top 10

12th - 20th

21st - 30th

31st - 40th

41st - 50th

Other universities (51st- )

RankUniversityNCAAGoldSilverBronzeTotalReference & Remarks
63Florida State UniversityDiv I4239
63University of IowaDiv I5139I
63Washington State UniversityDiv I5319
66University of ChicagoDiv III5218
67California State Polytechnic University, PomonaDiv II3137
67New York UniversityDiv III1247
67University of CincinnatiDiv I4217
70DeVry University-1146
70Westminster CollegeDiv II0516I
72Fordham UniversityDiv I3115
72Indiana State UniversityDiv I3115
72University of IdahoDiv I4105
72University of PittsburghDiv I3025Total includes only alumni who competed in their respective sport while attending Pitt.
72Vanderbilt UniversityDiv I2305
72Wake Forest UniversityDiv I3025
72Middlebury CollegeDiv III0415

RankUniversityNCAAGoldSilverBronzeTotalReference & Remarks
89Brandeis UniversityDiv III0101
89Colorado Technical University-0101
89Community College of Rhode Island-0011I
89Emerson CollegeDiv III0011I
89New York Institute of TechnologyDiv II0011
89Saddleback College-0011I
89University of Colorado Colorado SpringsDiv II0011I
89University of UtahDiv I0101
89Utah State UniversityDiv I0101