The new class includes students from 20 different colleges and universities, including the first ever Rhodes Scholars from Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia and Pepperdine University, California.

Each year, just 32 college students in the United States are bestowed the honor of becoming a Rhodes Scholar. For the first time in over five decades, a student from Coe College in Cedar Rapids has made that prestigious list!

The 57th student to be selected for the award from UVA – the most of any U.S. public research university – will study the universe’s origins.

A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations,

After two rounds of preliminary interviews and a challenging application process, the Rhodes Scholars-Elect for India 2025 have been selected. Five students from India have earned the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

According to a press release, the five scholars were selected following a competitive application process and two rounds of preliminary interviews.