Class of 2025-2027 Hollings scholar profiles

About the class of 2025

In 2025, the program awarded scholarships to 130 students from 85 different campuses in 33 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington, D.C.

The states home to most scholars are California, Washington, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, and Florida. The states with the where the most scholar institutions are located are California, Florida, Hawaii, Washington, and North Carolina. See table below the caption for a full list of scholar home states, institutions, and institution states.
Hollings scholarship class of 2025 home states and institutions. Home states: Along the gradient from light to dark blue, light colors indicate fewer scholars from the state and darker colors indicate more. No scholars are from grayed out states. Institutions: Each orange dot represents an institution attended by at least one scholar.(Image credit: NOAA Education)
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List of scholar states and institutions

Class of 2025 Hollings scholar home states
StateNumber of scholars
California15
Texas10
Washington10
Florida8
Illinois8
Virginia8
Hawaiʻi6
Maryland6
New York6
Pennsylvania6
Colorado4
New Jersey4
Georgia3
Michigan3
Ohio3
Oregon3
Arizona2
Indiana2
New Hampshire2
North Carolina2
Puerto Rico2
The Mariana Islands2
Wisconsin2
Alabama1
Connecticut1
Idaho1
Iowa1
Kentucky1
Massachusetts1
Mississippi1
New Mexico1
Rhode Island1
South Carolina1
Tennessee1
Utah1

 

Class of 2025 Hollings scholar institutions
InstitutionState
Amherst CollegeMassachusetts
Arizona State UniversityArizona
Boston UniversityMassachusetts
Bowdoin CollegeMaine
California State Polytechnic UniversityCalifornia
California State Polytechnic University, HumboldtCalifornia
California State University Maritime AcademyCalifornia
Central Michigan UniversityMichigan
Clark Atlanta UniversityGeorgia
Clemson UniversitySouth Carolina
Colgate UniversityNew York
College of the Holy CrossMassachusetts
College of William and MaryVirginia
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina
Eckerd CollegeFlorida
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityFlorida
Florida International UniversityFlorida
Florida Southern CollegeFlorida
Florida State UniversityFlorida
Hartnell CollegeCalifornia
Hobart & William Smith CollegesNew York
Howard University
District of Columbia
Inter American University of Puerto Rico BayamónPuerto Rico
Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyIowa
Jackson State UniversityMississippi
James Madison UniversityVirginia
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew Jersey
North Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina
Northern Marianas College
Northern Mariana Islands
Nova Southeastern UniversityFlorida
Ohio University - Main CampusOhio
Old Dominion UniversityVirginia
Oregon State UniversityOregon
Queens College of the City University of New YorkNew York
Santiago Canyon CollegeCalifornia
Smith CollegeMassachusetts
Stanford UniversityCalifornia
Texas A&M UniversityTexas
Texas A&M University - Corpus ChristiTexas
The University of AlabamaAlabama
The University of TampaFlorida
University of Alabama at HuntsvilleAlabama
University of Alaska SoutheastAlaska
University of California, BerkeleyCalifornia
University of California, IrvineCalifornia
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia
University of California, San DiegoCalifornia
University of California, Santa BarbaraCalifornia
University of California, Santa CruzCalifornia
University of Colorado at BoulderColorado
University of DelawareDelaware
University of GeorgiaGeorgia
University of Hawaiʻi at HiloHawaiʻi
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaHawaiʻi
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIllinois
University of LouisvilleKentucky
University of MaineMaine
University of Mary WashingtonVirginia
University of Maryland - College ParkMaryland
University of Maryland - Eastern ShoreMaryland
University of Massachusetts - LowellMassachusetts
University of MiamiFlorida
University of MichiganMichigan
University of New HampshireNew Hampshire
University of North Carolina at WilmingtonNorth Carolina
University of OklahomaOklahoma
University of Puerto Rico - MayagüezPuerto Rico
University of Rhode IslandRhode Island
University of San FranciscoCalifornia
University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia
University of Texas at AustinTexas
University of the Incarnate WordTexas
University of WashingtonWashington
University of Wisconsin - MadisonWisconsin
Valparaiso UniversityIndiana
Ventura CollegeCalifornia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVirginia
Washinton State UniversityWashington
Western Washington UniversityWashington
Wharton County Junior CollegeTexas
Xavier University of LouisianaLouisiana

Figure 3. Class of 2025 scholar fields of study

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In the class of 2025, physical sciences and biological sciences each account for about half of scholars' fields of study. There are also scholars studying engineering, mathematics, social sciences, and computer information science. Within those fields of study, the most popular majors among scholars are marine biology, meteorology, and environmental science. View the class of 2025 scholar profiles below to see the variety of majors — in the class of 2025, there are nearly 40 different majors!