Posse Facts & Figures

Posse by the Numbers

• Posse Scholars graduate at a rate of 90 percent.
• Since 1989, Posse’s partner colleges have awarded $1.8 billion in scholarships to Scholars.
• More than 10,000 Scholars have been selected to date.
• 64 partner colleges and universities award Posse Scholarships each year.

Global and National Recognition

• In 2010, Posse was honored by President Barack Obama with a portion of his $1.4 million Nobel Prize award, one of 10 organizations he chose to recognize.
• Posse President + Founder Deborah Bial was awarded a 2007 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship for her innovative work in college access.

Where Posse Recruits

• Posse recruits students from 20-plus cities across the United States:
• The program has offices in 10 recruitment cities: Atlanta, the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans and New York.
• Through its Virtual Program, Posse also recruits geographically diverse cohorts from 10-plus cities, including Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Memphis, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix and select cities in Indiana, Minnesota and Virginia.
• Posse recruits students from only 1 territory outside of the contiguous United States: Puerto Rico.
• Posse recruits post 9/11 U.S. veterans nationwide for 3 partner colleges and universities through the Posse Veterans Program.

Posse Scholars are

• Leading on campus — 80 percent of 2017 graduating seniors were officers of a college organization. 20 seniors served as student government/student body president.
• Trailblazing in their families — 57 percent are first-generation college students.

Posse Alumni are

• Pursuing more degrees — 48 percent of alumni out of school for five or more years either have a graduate degree or are working towards one.

Fellowships

• Since 2001, Posse Scholars and alumni have won more than 600 prestigious national fellowships.

Career Partners

• Posse has 200 Career Program partners offering internships and jobs to Scholars.

Support Posse

• Every $1 in donations allows Posse to secure $5 in scholarship funding.

• Posse has a four star rating on Charity Navigator, the highest possible.

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