Lists and Rankings

The Top 20 Private Colleges for Community Service

If you love helping out your community, check out these schools where it pays! The numbers are the percentage of federal work-study funds used for community service at private four-year colleges.

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• 1. Florida Memorial University (Miami, FL): 59.2%
• 2. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH): 40.9%
• 3. Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale, FL): 38.4%
• 4. Antioch University (Seattle, WA): 36.7%
• 5. University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA): 32.3%
• 6. Bayamon Central University (Bayamon, PR): 31.8%
• 7. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): 31.6%
• 8. Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH): 30.3%
• 9. Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA): 28.6%
• 10. Golden Gate University (San Francisco, CA): 27.9%
• 11. Barry University (Miami Shores, FL): 25.7%
• 12. Springfield College (Springfield, MA): 24.9%
• 13. New York University (New York, NY): 24.8%
• 14. Long Island University — Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY): 24.1%
• 15. Baylor University (Waco, TX): 24.0%
• 16. Walla Walla University (College Place, WA): 22.8%
• 17. Stanford University (Stanford, CA): 22.3%
• 18. Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY): 21.3%
• 19. Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR): 21.2%
• 20. Simmons College (Boston, MA): 20.9%

Source: The Washington Monthly. Copyright by Washington Monthly Publishing, LLC, 1319 F Street, NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC 20004, 202-393-5155, www.washingtonmonthly.com. Reprinted with permission.