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The Top Three HBCUs in Sending Graduates to Volunteer With the Peace Corps

March 21, 2014

Howard University in Washington, D.C., currently has 18 graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers. This is triple the number of the HBCU in second place, Spelman College in Atlanta.

Howard University Is Among the Colleges Sending the Most Graduates to the Peace Corps

February 21, 2014

Howard University was the only HBCU that made the list of the top 25 schools in three different enrollment-size categories that had the most Peace Corps volunteers in 2013.

HBCUs That Send the Most Graduates to Serve in the Peace Corps

April 5, 2013

This year there are 21 graduates from Howard University in Washington, D.C., working in the Peace Corps. Since the Peace Corps was established in 1961, 204 Howard graduates have served.

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