Most Peace Corps volunteers by school

College Search & Selection
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<p>In 2011</p>

<ol>
<li> CU Boulder 112</li>
<li> U Washington 110</li>
<li> U Wisconsin-Madison 107</li>
<li> U Florida 101</li>
<li> U Michigan 97</li>
</ol>

<p>Peace</a> Corps Ranks Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities | News Releases & Statements | Media | Resources | Peace Corps</p>

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<p>as a % of student body would be more practical</p>

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<p>The article breaks it down by size of school, which gets more to your point, justthefax.</p>

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<p>^ Washington Monthly ranks universities and LACs by Peace Corps volunteers adjusted for school size. The lists below are from their 2011 online rankings.</p>

<p>Top Universities
American U.
Clark
Wm. & Mary
GWU
UNC
Georgetown
Emory
UVa
Chicago
Dartmouth</p>

<p>Top LACs
Lewis & Clark
Macalester
St. John’s
Warren Wilson
Kenyon
Colorado College
Earlham
Connecticut College
Knox
Willamette</p>

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<p>Kind of surprised Grinnell isn’t anywhere on this list. Wonder how far off the cut they were.</p>

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<p>Wow, what about Pitzer?</p>

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<p>Pitzer was #178 among LACs for Peace Corps volunteer rates.
Grinnell was #18.
([Liberal</a> Arts College Rankings 2011 | Washington Monthly](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2011/liberal_arts_rank.php]Liberal”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2011/liberal_arts_rank.php))</p>

<p>I don’t know if there are any clear patterns. Religion? Not really.
Catholic schools run both high (Georgetown, #6 university) and low (Holy Cross, #190 LAC). Traditionally Quaker colleges are middling (#64 Haverford, #74 Swarthmore, #77 Bryn Mawr, #129 Whittier) with one exception (#7 Earlham). Wheaton, a so-called “Christian School”, is #84.</p>

<p>Ivies run the high-low gamut from Dartmouth & Cornell (#11 and #12 universities) to Princeton (#236). </p>

<p>The conservative ISI college guide’s “exceptional schools” run both high (Chicago) and low (Princeton). Its alleged “train wreck schools” also run both high (Macalester) and low (Holy Cross).</p>

<p>I suspect it’s not a coincidence that 3 Washington, DC schools (Georgetown, AU, GWU) make the top 10 universities list. Almost all the top 10 schools are fairly to very selective, but not necessarily among the most selective.</p>

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<p>Peace Corps is just one of many wonderful volunteer organizations that students may go to after college. Other schools could have a lot of graduates going into Teach For America, Americares, and other equally meaningful groups. A better stat might be something like the % of students doing volunteer work after graduation.</p>

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<p>Note that at a small LAC, a high rate could be because there is one professor who really promotes the idea.</p>