Georgetown a Top Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers

With 42 alumni serving in the Peace Corps in 2007, Georgetown University was the fifth largest producer of Peace Corps Volunteers among all private colleges and universities in the country. With close to 7,000 undergraduate students, Georgetown ties with Boston College and Miami University as the eighth largest producer of volunteers among all private and public medium-sized schools. Georgetown also ranks 12th in the graduate school list, with ten alumni who have advanced degrees currently serving as volunteers.

"Georgetown students and alumni share a deep commitment to making a difference in their communities and in the world,” said Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia. “They are well prepared to make a valuable contribution to their communities on the local, national and global levels.”

As a Catholic, Jesuit university, Georgetown undergraduate students have historically chosen service careers in high numbers after graduation. But students’ service also begins before graduation: each week, hundreds of students participate in social justice projects through Georgetown’s Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service.

Since its founding in 1961, more than 780 Georgetown graduates have served the Peace Corps as volunteers, serving in dozens of countries around the world, through education, youth outreach, community development, health, agriculture and environment, business development and information technology projects. Historically, Georgetown is the 12th-largest producer of volunteers among private universities, and the 45th-largest overall.

Source: Office of Communications

January 17, 2008