Princeton Review updates list of 20 most LGBT friendly, unfriendly colleges

The list of most LGBT unfriendly schools is largely a repeat of last year with 15 returning schools and five replacements (in bold):

1. College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Mo.)
2. Grove City College (Grove City, Pa.)
3. Wheaton College (IL) (Wheaton, Ill.)
4. Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
5. Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Va.)
6. Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, N.C.)
7. Pepperdine University (Malibu, Calif.)
8. Wofford College (Spartanburg, S.C.)
9. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)
10. Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
11. Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
12. Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.)
13. Auburn University (Auburn, Ala.)
14. University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
15. Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.)
16. Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.)
17. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pa.)
18. Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
19. Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
20. 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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“Our purpose is not to crown one college ‘best’ overall or to rank these distinctive schools 1 to 379 on any single topic,” said Princeton Review senior vice president Robert Franek. “We present our 62 ranking lists to give applicants the broader base of campus feedback to choose the college that’s best for them.”

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.