11 Colleges Sending the Most U.S. Olympians to Rio

Darian Somers

Going for Gold

The 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are here, and U.S. top athletes are set to compete on the world stage.

This year, the U.S. will be sending more than 500 athletes to Brazil , and many of them have ties to colleges and universities across the country.

These National Universities have produced the most U.S. Olympians headed to Rio.

University of Georgia

Athletes headed to Rio: 11

U.S. News rank: 61 (tie), National Universities

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Princeton University

Athletes headed to Rio: 11

U.S News rank: 1, National Universities

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University of Washington

Athletes headed to Rio: 11

U.S. News rank: 52 (tie), National Universities

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University of Texas--Austin

Athletes headed to Rio: 12

U.S. News rank: 52 (tie), National Universities

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University of Oregon

Athletes headed to Rio: 12

U.S. News rank: 103 (tie), National Universities

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University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Athletes headed to Rio: 13

U.S. News rank: 30 (tie), National Universities

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Pennsylvania State University--University Park

Athletes headed to Rio: 13

U.S. News rank: 47 (tie), National Universities

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University of Southern California

Athletes headed to Rio: 15

U.S. News rank: 23 (tie), National Universities

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University of California--Los Angeles

Athletes headed to Rio: 15

U.S News rank: 23 (tie), National Universities

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University of California--Berkeley

Athletes headed to Rio: 16

U.S. News rank: 20, National Universities

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Stanford University

Athletes headed to Rio: 29

U.S. News rank: 4 (tie), National Universities

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Find Your Gold Medal College

Get more information about how to choose a college, and check out the complete rankings of the 2016 Best Colleges.

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Darian Somers is an associate social media editor at U.S. News. You can follow him on Twitter or email him at dsomers@usnews.com.