CU Boulder is ranked No. 11 in the nation听for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers, with 56听alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. CU Boulder also is among the top five volunteer-producing universities of all time, with 2,504听alumni having served in the program since it was established in 1961.
In the annual Top Colleges list, CU Boulder has held a position in the top 11 nationally among large institutions for the past 16听years, ranking in the top three for nine of those years.
The Peace Corps ranks its top volunteer colleges and universities according to student-body size, putting CU Boulder in the 鈥渓arge colleges and universities鈥� category. Large schools have more than 15,000 undergraduates.
Topping the large-schools category in 2018听are the University of Wisconsin-Madison at No. 1 (85听volunteers); the University of Washington at No. 2 (74听volunteers); and the University of Minnesota at No. 3 (72听volunteers).
In 2017, the city of Boulder ranked No. 3 among top metropolitan areas per capita with 9.8 volunteers per 100,000 residents.
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