2023 Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 83 people earned their degree in gay/lesbian studies, making the major the 1230th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 10 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gay/lesbian studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their gay/lesbian studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region gay/lesbian studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Far Western US Region

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Sierra College
Rocklin, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sierra College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rocklin, California, and it awarded 5 ’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Gay/Lesbian Studies at Sierra College

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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