Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 42,000+ alums show up in their communities and workplaces every day to help address challenges facing our country—including in education, healthcare, public service, the economy and the environment.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alums are engaged. skilled and committed changemakers who have experience bringing people together, working in collaborative teams, learning from and rebounding from setbacks and taking action for the common good.
The innate talents our alums bring to service, combined with the competencies they grow and strengthen as Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members, are the very and most needed in our society: communication, problem solving, creativity, teamwork, empathy and resourcefulness.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been a life-changing experience. I know that I’ll be drawing on the lessons I’ve learned for years to come."
they saw issues of unequal access to resources firsthand.
91%
agree
their service helped them effectively work with and develop relationships with people from different backgrounds than their own.
84%
agree
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has helped prepare them for their career paths.
74%
say
their service increased the ways they are civically engaged.
I had a strong sense of community before joining Â鶹ÊÓƵ, but these last 10 months taught me how to take community engagement to the next level. In the future, my goals will always be centered in this thought: How will this help me give to the people and community that so selflessly gave to me?"
Bobby Gomez (San Antonio ‘20)
Alumni demographics
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alums continue to lead and serve across the country, building on their commitment to contribute to communities and key workforce and interpersonal skills they strengthened as corps members. They come from all 50 U.S. states and all walks of life.
While a growing number of corps members serve with Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a gap year between high school and postsecondary education, the majority of alums had already earned a bachelor’s degree before they became AmeriCorps members.
85% of alums had graduated from college before they served with Â鶹ÊÓƵ
45% of alums report they continued to live and work in the community where they served as Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members
26% of alums are first generation college graduates
Alums who responded to the 2022 Alumni Survey reported their race/ethnicity as:
50% white
22% Black
11% Latinx/Hispanic
7% Asian
7% multiethnic
3% unknown/didn’t respond
Alumni careers
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alums make valuable contributions as community members, professionals and leaders who can mobilize diverse groups to tackle complex challenges across a wide range of fields.
We believe the skills, mindsets and experiences of our AmeriCorps members and alums are increasingly needed in today’s world.
Our alums have shown they are committed to advance educational opportunity and community involvement where they live and work.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is not just for people who want to teach or go into the field of education—it’s for everyone. You gain a service mindset that continues throughout your life. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is critical to establishing a career of service."
Brandon Chaderton (Philadelphia ’10, ’11)
Impact in education sector
Thousands of Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps alums are contributing to a more diverse, prepared and committed talent pool for teaching positions and the education sector overall.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni teachers are more diverse and tend to stay in the profession longer than national averages.
18% work as school administrators, guidance counselors, in education policy, technology or consulting, and higher education.
In nonprofits
17% work in education-focused nonprofits.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni teachers are significantly more diverse than the national averages**:
Our alums
20% identify as Black
10% identify as Latinx/Hispanic
8% identify as multiethnic
4% identify as Asian
54% identify as white
National averages
7% identify as Black
9% identify as Latinx/Hispanic
1.8% identify as multiethnic
2% identify as Asian
79% identify as white
Notes about data
*Approximately 34% (7,719) of the 22,729 alums for whom we have contact information responded to this survey.
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I know I always want to keep relationships at the center—and I want to ensure that my whole classroom feels like a community. It’s something that I truly learned during my first corps year and a foundational lesson that I’ll carry throughout my career."
Casey Phalen (Boston ’21, ’22) Middle school math teacher at Boston Public Schools
