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Buffs prominent in Peace Corps rankings

Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is ranked No. 11 in the nationÌýfor graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers, with 56Ìýalumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today. Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder also is among the top five volunteer-producing universities of all time, with 2,504Ìýalumni having served in the program since it was established in 1961.

In the annual Top Colleges list, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has held a position in the top 11 nationally among large institutions for the past 16Ìýyears, 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 Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder in the “large colleges and universitiesâ€� category. Large schools have more than 15,000 undergraduates.

Topping the large-schools category in 2018Ìýare the University of Wisconsin-Madison at No. 1 (85Ìývolunteers); the University of Washington at No. 2 (74Ìývolunteers); and the University of Minnesota at No. 3 (72Ìývolunteers).

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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