The nine top producers of undergraduate-alumni Peace Corps volunteers in the 2017 fiscal year were all state flagship institutions. The smallest colleges that produced the most Peace Corps volunteers that year were Agnes Scott College, in Georgia, and Cornell College, in Iowa. Both had fewer than 1,000 undergraduate students in the fall of 2016.
Large colleges (undergraduate enrollment of more than 15,000)
1. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 85 |
2. | U. of Washington | 74 |
3. | U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 72 |
4. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 70 |
5. | U. of Florida | 68 |
6. | Ohio State U. | 62 |
6. | U. of Virginia | 62 |
8. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 61 |
8. | U. of Texas at Austin | 61 |
10. | Colorado State U. at Ft. Collins | 58 |
11. | U. of Colorado at Boulder | 56 |
12. | U. of Oregon | 55 |
13. | Pennsylvania State U. at University Park | 54 |
13. | U. of California at Los Angeles | 54 |
15. | Arizona State U. | 50 |
16. | U. of Maryland at College Park | 49 |
17. | Michigan State U. | 47 |
18. | Western Washington U. | 46 |
19. | U. of South Florida | 45 |
20. | U. of Arizona | 43 |
21. | U. of California at Berkeley | 41 |
22. | North Carolina State U. | 40 |
22. | U. of Missouri at Columbia | 40 |
24. | James Madison U. | 39 |
25. | Florida State U. | 38 |
25. | U. of California at Davis | 38 |
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Medium-size colleges (undergraduate enrollment of 5,000 to 15,000)
1. | George Washington U. | 50 |
2. | American U. | 49 |
3. | College of William & Mary | 35 |
4. | U. of Montana at Missoula | 34 |
5. | Tulane U. | 33 |
6. | Humboldt State U. | 31 |
7. | U. of Vermont | 28 |
8. | Georgetown U. | 27 |
9. | Loyola U. Chicago | 25 |
10. | State U. of New York College at Geneseo | 23 |
11. | DePaul U. | 22 |
11. | Emory U. | 22 |
13. | College of Charleston | 21 |
14. | Binghamton U. | 19 |
14. | Howard U. | 19 |
16. | Boston College | 18 |
16. | Elon U. | 18 |
16. | Montana State U. at Bozeman | 18 |
16. | U. of San Diego | 18 |
20. | U. of Miami | 17 |
21. | Cornell U. | 16 |
21. | U. of Chicago | 16 |
21. | U. of Rhode Island | 16 |
21. | Winona State U. | 16 |
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Small colleges (undergraduate enrollment of less than 5,000)
1. | St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 17 |
2. | Macalester College | 15 |
2. | St. Lawrence U. | 15 |
4. | Evergreen State College | 14 |
4. | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 14 |
4. | Spelman College | 14 |
4. | U. of Mary Washington | 14 |
4. | U. of Redlands | 14 |
4. | Whitworth U. | 14 |
10. | Agnes Scott College | 13 |
10. | Denison U. | 13 |
10. | Willamette U. | 13 |
13. | Bucknell U. | 12 |
13. | Carleton College | 12 |
13. | Eckerd College | 12 |
16. | Lewis & Clark College | 11 |
16. | Occidental College | 11 |
16. | Providence College | 11 |
16. | Smith College | 11 |
16. | U. of Portland | 11 |
16. | Wake Forest U. | 11 |
22. | Cornell College | 10 |
22. | Hope College | 10 |
22. | Pacific Lutheran U. | 10 |
22. | Rhodes College | 10 |
22. | Union College (N.Y.) | 10 |
22. | Whitman College | 10 |
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Graduate schools
1. | Tulane U. | 27 |
2. | American U. | 19 |
3. | U. of South Florida | 16 |
4. | George Washington U. | 15 |
5. | Columbia U. | 14 |
5. | U. of Denver | 14 |
5. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 14 |
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Historical (since 1961)
1. | U. of California at Berkeley | 3,671 |
2. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 3,279 |
3. | U. of Washington | 3,027 |
4. | U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 2,720 |
5. | U. of Colorado at Boulder | 2,504 |
Note: Rankings are calculated based on fiscal-year 2017 data as of September 30, 2017, as self-reported by Peace Corps volunteers and trainees, and Peace Corps Response volunteers. Volunteers who reported both undergraduate and graduate degrees were counted at both levels. Size categories for undergraduate enrollment are based on the most recently available figures for both full-time and part-time undergraduate enrollment as reported by the College Board and the Princeton Review, and, in cases with small margins, were cross-checked with individual institutions. Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically. Questions or comments on the Chronicle List should be sent to Ruth Hammond.
Source: Peace Corps