2025 Best Women's Studies Schools in Connecticut

A degree in women's studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #259 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Women's Studies Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 58 degrees in women's studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Women’s Studies Schools List

Women's Studies Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Women's Studies Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Women’s Studies in Connecticut

The schools below may not offer all types of women's studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Connecticut Schools in Women's Studies

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Yale University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in women's studies. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of New Haven.More information about a degree in women’s studies from Yale University

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

4.8% Growth in Graduates

University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in women's studies. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs.More information about a degree in women’s studies from University of Connecticut

Best Women's Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Women's Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	148
Rhode Island	436	28
Maine	396	19
New Hampshire	395	27
Vermont	352	11

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Women's Studies Related Rankings by Major

Women's Studies is one of 11 different types of Ethnic Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Women's Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	40
African American Studies	39
Deaf Studies	1

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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