Most Service-Oriented

These are the top schools in the nation for encouraging students to give back to the community and spend time in selfless service.

To rank the schools and the students that put the most into giving back, Newsweek partnered with Washington Monthly yet again. Washington Monthly scoured an exhaustive amount of data to rank universities based on “their contribution to the public good.” Combining data on national and liberal arts schools, Newsweek and Washington Monthly determined which colleges have the most service-minded students, faculty, and policies by measuring these areas: the size of their Army and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs; the proportion of alumni in the Peace Corps; the percentage of federal work-study money spent on community-service projects; the number of students participating in community service and their total service hours; whether classes incorporate service; and if there are service-based scholarships.