The roots of the Peace Corps, the organization that sends skilled volunteers to work on development and education projects worldwide, run deep in Colorado. Colorado State University researchers in 1961 published one of the original feasibility studies that led to the creation of the organization, and both CSU and the University of Colorado have sent volunteers into the service of the organization. In 2010, for the first time, both schools were among the top 10 contributors of volunteers. The Denver Post
CURRENTLY
8,655 volunteers working in 77 countries
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
No. 1 with 117 alumni volunteers
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
No. 10 with 79 alumni volunteers
SINCE 1961, more than 200,000 Americans have served in 139 countries.
No. 1: University of California, Berkeley, 3,457 alumni volunteers
No. 10: University of Colorado, 2,269 alumni volunteers
