2023 Most Popular Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 85 people earned their degree in gay/lesbian studies, making the major the 1230th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 10 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gay/lesbian studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in gay/lesbian studies.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region gay/lesbian studies students.
Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s gay/lesbian studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
Read full report on Gay/Lesbian Studies at Cornell University
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges landed the #2 spot on the list. Hobart and William Smith Colleges is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Geneva, New York. It awarded 0 ’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Hobart and William Smith Colleges Gay/Lesbian Studies Report
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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
- *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.
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