Admissions Factors
Colleges That Consider Volunteer Work
132 of 149 colleges say they weigh volunteer work. 5 rate it very important and 17 do not consider it.
Very important (5)
Important (37)
- Amherst
- Auburn University
- Barnard College
- Boston College
- Case Western
- Delaware
- DePaul University
- Emory
- Florida
- Florida State University
- George Washington
- Haverford
- Johns Hopkins
- Lehigh
- Marquette
- Miami
- Northeastern
- Ohio State
- Penn
- Pitt
- Rhode Island
- Syracuse University
- Texas Christian University
- Texas Tech
- The University of Alabama
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC San Diego
- UCLA
- UNC Chapel Hill
- UW
- Vassar
- Vermont
- Villanova
- Williams
Considered (90)
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Bates
- Baylor
- Binghamton
- Boston University
- Bowdoin
- Brandeis
- Brown
- Buffalo
- California Institute of Technology
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- Carleton
- Cincinnati
- Claremont McKenna
- Colgate
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins
- Columbia
- Cornell
- CU Boulder
- Dartmouth
- Davidson
- Denver
- Drexel
- Duke
- Florida International University
- George Mason
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Tech
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd
- Hofstra
- Houston
- Howard
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- Iowa State
- James Madison
- Kentucky
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Miami University-Oxford
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Middlebury
- MIT
- NC State
- New Hampshire
- Northwestern
- NYU
- Oberlin
- Oregon State University
- Pomona
- Princeton
- Purdue
- Rice
- Rochester
- RPI
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- Stony Brook
- Swarthmore
- Temple
- Tufts
- UC Santa Barbara
- UC Santa Cruz
- UConn
- UGA
- UIUC
- University at Albany
- University of Central Florida
- University of Chicago
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
- University of Oregon
- University of South Carolina-Columbia
- USC
- UT Austin
- Utah
- UW-Madison
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Wake Forest
- Washington State University
- WashU
- Wellesley
- Wesleyan
- Yale University
Not considered (17)
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion
- California State University-Long Beach
- Clemson
- Florida Atlantic University
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Mississippi State University
- North Texas
- Ole Miss
- Penn State
- San Diego State
- San Jose State University
- UIC
- University of California-Riverside
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of South Florida
- West Virginia
Frequently asked questions
Which colleges do not consider volunteer work?
17 of the 149 colleges here rate it "not considered": Arizona State University Campus Immersion, California State University-Long Beach, Clemson, Florida Atlantic University, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi State University, North Texas, Ole Miss, Penn State, San Diego State, San Jose State University, UIC, University of California-Riverside, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of South Florida, West Virginia.
Which colleges rate volunteer work as very important?
5 colleges: Carnegie Mellon University, College of William & Mary, Notre Dame, Tulane, UC Irvine.
Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.