1. Teach For America’s 2016 corps is among the most diverse in its history. More than half of incoming corps members
identify as people of color; 1 in 2 come from low-income backgrounds; and 1 in 3 are the first in their family to
graduate college. More than 50 corps members have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status.
The remarkable individuals joining our work this year will impact 53 regions across 36 states and the District
of Columbia. They represent more than 740 colleges and universities, and join a network of leaders
that is now 50,000 strong. The schools below topped the list for most alumni joining our 2016 corps.
LARGE SCHOOLS
76 University of Texas at Austin 30 The Ohio State University 25 The University of Alabama
50 University of California-Los Angeles 30 Pennsylvania State University 24 Syracuse University Main Campus
44 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 24 Texas A & M University
41 Arizona State University 25 University of California-Santa Barbara 23 New York University
41 University of Florida 25 Cornell University 23 University of Washington-Seattle
36 University of California-Berkeley 25 Temple University 22 Georgia State University
34 University of Maryland 25 University of Wisconsin-Madison 22 University of Georgia
10,000+ Undergrads*
MEDIUM SCHOOLS
24 Georgetown University 16 Washington University in St. Louis 13 University of Chicago
23 University of Pennsylvania 16 Vanderbilt University 11 American University
21 Emory University 15 Northwestern University 11 University of Notre Dame
19 Howard University 15 Bucknell University 11 Johns Hopkins University
18 Brown University 14 Azusa Pacific University 11 The College of New Jersey
17 Yale University 14 George Washington University 11 Rice University
17 Duke University 14 Tulane University 11 Southern Methodist University
16 Boston College
3,000-9,999 Undergrads
SMALL SCHOOLS
17 Spelman College 9 Davidson College 6 Claremont McKenna College
14 DePauw University 9 Oberlin College 6 Morehouse College
14 Franklin & Marshall College 8 Wheaton College 6 Bates College
10 Williams College 8 Smith College 6 Denison University
10 Hamilton College 8 Wellesley College 6 Rhodes College
9 Wesleyan University 7 Kenyon College 6 University of Puget Sound
9 College of the Holy Cross 7 Middlebury College
2,999 or fewer Undergrads
Data valid as of August 2016 and includes first day
of school projections based on historical patterns
* Categories are based on the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching’s basic size classification for colleges and universities
GRADUATES NATIONWIDE
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2016 TEACHING CORPS