EUGENE, Ore. — College Choice, a leading authority in college and university rankings and resources, has published a ranking of the 50 Best Colleges for LGBTQ Students.
Choosing a college is an overwhelming process in and of itself. But for LGBTQ identified folks, the task is all the more intimidating. To succeed academically it’s important to succeed socially; it’s important to think holistically about well-being while in school. College Choice has attempted to assuage some of the difficulty in the search by researching the country’s fifty best colleges and universities for LGBTQ students.
“After determining what are the best schools for LGBTQ students, we also took a look at statistics to ensure high student retention rates as well as general academic and professional success of students at these schools,” Christian Amondson, Managing Editor of College Choice, said of the ranking. “We want LGBTQ students, like all other students, to thrive personally and academically at the college where they enroll.”
College Choice developed its list by looking at data from individual college websites, the Campus Pride Index, U.S. News and World Report, and the National Center for Education Statistics.
The ranking for the 50 Best Colleges for LGBTQ Students finds Princeton University in the top spot. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in second, and University of Wisconsin Eau Claire rounds out the top three. The University of California San Diego came in at #19 and San Diego State University came in at #34.
The entire ranking, listed in alphabetical order, is as follows:
Bridgewater State University
Case Western Reserve University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvey Mudd College
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
Lehigh University
Macalester College
MIT
New York University
Northern Kentucky University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
San Diego State University
Southern Illinois University
Southern Oregon University
Stony Brook University
Tufts University
UCLA
UMass Amherst
University of Arizona
University of California Davis
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Houston
University of Iowa
University of Maine
University of Maryland College Park
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Morris
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Texas Austin
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Washington State University
Washington University St. Louis
Williams College
College Choice is an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The site publishes rankings and reviews that make finding the best colleges for different interests easier and more fun, as well as resources to help students get into, pay for, and thrive at the college of their choice.
