You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Gay/Lesbian Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s gay/lesbian studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Gay/Lesbian Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $5,244 for Middle Atlantic Region Gay/Lesbian Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cornell.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.