The Top 20 Public Colleges for Community Service

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1. University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA): 51.0%
2. University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX): 49.8%
3. University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL): 47.1%
4. California State University — Sacramento (Sacramento, CA): 44.5%
5. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV): 42.1%
6. Texas A&M University — Commerce (Commerce, TX): 38.4%
7. Missouri Western State University (St. Joseph, MO): 37.4%
8. University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC): 37.0%
9. Kent State University (Kent, OH): 36.0%
10. Georgia Regents University (Augusta, GA): 34.4% (as Augusta State University)
11. Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver, CO): 33.1%
12. University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA): 31.8%

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13. California State University — San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA): 31.3%
14. California State Polytechnic University — Pomona (Pomona, CA): 29.7%
15. California State University — Fresno (Fresno, CA): 29.5%
16. University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA): 28.8%

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17. California State University — Stanislaus (Turlock, CA): 28.1%
18. University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (Memphis, TN): 25.8%
19. Iowa State University (Ames, IA): 25.7%
20. The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ): 25.6%

Source: The Washington Monthly (Shared with permission)

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At these colleges, work-study benefits the whole community, not just your wallet. The numbers are the percentage of federal work-study funds used for community service at public colleges and universities.

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