Peace Corps Top Colleges 2013

Peace Corps lists the colleges and universities that produced the most Peace Corps Volunteers in 2012.*

Large Colleges and Universities

Rank # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers Rank

(more than 15,000 undergraduates) # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers

1 1 3 4 4 6 6 8 9 10 10 12 13

University of Washington University of Florida University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Colorado Boulder University of Michigan University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley University of Oregon The Ohio State University, Columbus Michigan State University University of California, Santa Barbara Colorado State University University of California, San Diego

107 107 103 93 93 85 85 82 80 76 76 72 70

14 14 16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 25

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Arizona State University, Tempe The University of Texas at Austin University of California, Davis University of California, Santa Cruz Boston University University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Virginia The Pennsylvania State University, University Park University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland, College Park University of Georgia

62 62 61 60 60 59 58 55 55 54 53 51

Medium Colleges and Universities

Rank # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers Rank

(5,000 15,000 undergraduates) # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 12

Western Washington University American University The George Washington University Cornell University The University of Vermont Boston College University of Idaho Georgetown University The College of William & Mary College of Charleston Miami University, Ohio Emory University The University of Montana

73 55 53 40 37 36 33 31 30 30 28 27 27

12 15 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 24 24

University of New Hampshire Tufts University Montana State University Humboldt State University University of Notre Dame Loyola University Chicago Northwestern University Tulane University Washington University in St. Louis University of Denver The Johns Hopkins University University of Hawaii at Manoa

27 26 25 25 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22

Small Colleges and Universities

Rank # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers Rank

(less than 5,000 undergraduates) # of Undergraduate Alumni Volunteers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Gonzaga University St. Olaf College University of Mary Washington Oberlin College & Conservatory Seattle University Colorado College Denison University University of Puget Sound Lewis and Clark College Carleton College The Evergreen State College St. Marys College of Maryland Smith College Whitman College

24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

8 8 8 18 18 18 18 18 23 23 23 23 23

Kenyon College Dickinson College Grinnell College Case Western Reserve University Macalester College Mount Holyoke College Hamilton College Pacific Lutheran University Dartmouth College Willamette University Bucknell University Colby College Allegheny College

16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14

Graduate Schools
Rank # of Graduate Alumni Volunteers

Historical Since 1961

Rank # of Total Alumni Volunteers

1 2 2 4 5

University of Florida University of Denver University of Washington Tulane University Colorado State University

26 20 20 16 15

1 2 3 4 5

University of California, Berkeley University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Washington University of Michigan University of Colorado Boulder

3,544 3,070 2,797 2,515 2,353

*Note: The rankings are calculated based on fiscal year data as of September 30, 2012 as self-reported by Peace Corps Volunteers.

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