For every 100 boys and girls who join Scouting:
18 will develop a lifelong hobby
17 will become future Scout Volunteers
12 will have their first contact with a church
8 will enter a vocation learned through the Merit Badge program
5 will earn their Church Award
2 will become Eagle Scouts
1 will use Scouting skills to save his own life
1 will use Scouting skills to save the life of another person
1 will enter the Clergy
RARELY will one be brought before the juvenile court system
Scouting’s alumni record is equally impressive.
85% of Student Council Presidents were Scouts.
89% of Senior Class Presidents were Scouts.
80% of Junior Class Presidents were Scouts.
71% of Football Captains were Scouts.
Scouts also account for:
64% of Air Force Academy Graduates
68% of West Point Graduates
70% of Annapolis Graduates
72% of Rhodes Scholars
85% of FBI Agents
26 of the First 29 Astronauts
A Harris & Associates survey conducted in 1995 finds that of people who were Scouts:
98% graduate from high school compared to 83% of non- Scouts.
40% graduate from college and only 16% of non Scouts graduate.
33% have $50,000+ incomes and non Scouts, 17%.