The Princeton Review has released its annual list of “The Best 379 Colleges,” ranking Stanford University in California as the most LGBT-friendly college in the nation.
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The review contains 62 “Top-20” lists gauging student satisfaction with professors, financial aid awards, athletic facilities, food and other factors.
Following is Princeton Review’s list of the 20 most LGBT-friendly colleges and universities in the U.S.:
- Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)
- Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
- Emerson College (Boston, Mass.)
- Smith College (Northampton, Mass.)
- Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)
- Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
- University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.)
- New College of Florida (Sarasota, Fla).
- Pitzer College (Claremont, Calif.)
- Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)
- Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, N.Y.)
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
- New York University (New York, N.Y.)
- Macalester College (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.)
- Prescott College (Prescott, Ariz.)
- Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
- Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
- Rice University (Houston, Texas)
Continue reading for a list of the 20 most LGBT unfriendly schools →
The list of most LGBT unfriendly schools is largely a repeat of last year with 15 returning schools and five replacements (in bold):
- College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Mo.)
- Grove City College (Grove City, Pa.)
- Wheaton College (IL) (Wheaton, Ill.)
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
- Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Va.)
- Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, N.C.)
- Pepperdine University (Malibu, Calif.)
- Wofford College (Spartanburg, S.C.)
- University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)
- Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
- Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.)
- Auburn University (Auburn, Ala.)
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.)
- Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.)
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pa.)
- Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
- Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
- University of Mississippi (University, Miss.)
Last year’s rankings are here.
The Princeton Review is a privately held education services company based in Natick, Mass., and is not affiliated with Princeton University. It has published its “best colleges: report annually since 1992.
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Other No. 1 spots: Syracuse University in New York claimed the title of nation’s top party school; Elon University in North Carolina as best-run college; Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., for its dorms; and Yale University for best newspaper.
The website Campus Pride also maintains a resource index of LGBT-friendly schools across the country.