According to a Princeton Review survey that asked 126,000 students at 378 top colleges to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their experiences at them, the college which topped the list of most LGBT-friendly colleges was Boston’s Emerson College.
However, the school that earned the No. 1 spot on the most LGBT-unfriendly list was Grove City College in Pennsylvania
New England and California schools dominated the gay-friendly list, while once again the South scored highly on the LGBT-unfriendly side.
Full listings below:
20 Most LGBT-Friendly
- Emerson College (Boston, MA)
- Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)
- New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL)
- Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
- Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, MA)
- Smith College (Northampton, MA)
- New York University (NY, NY)
10. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
11. Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
12. Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
13. University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
14. Yale University (New Haven, CT)
15. Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
16. Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
17. Maccalester College (St. Paul, MN)
18. Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
19. Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT)
20. Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
20 Most LGBT-Unfriendly
- Grove City College (Grove City, PA)
- Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden Sydney, VA)
- College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, MO)
- Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
- University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
- Brigham Young University (Provo, UT
- Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
- Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI)
- University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
10. University of Dallas (Irving, TX)
11. Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
12. Baylor University(Waco, TX)
13. Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
14. Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
15. Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
16. Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
17. Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI)
18. Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.)
19. Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
20. University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
