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.

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.

Five members of Harvard’s Class of 2025 were selected as American Rhodes Scholars to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford, the American secretary of the Rhodes Trust announced early Sunday morning.