2025 Best Women's Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
386Women's Studies Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in women's studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #259 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for women's studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 386 degrees in women's studies to qualified students.
The women's studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Women's Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for women's studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Women's Studies Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Women’s Studies in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the women's studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Emory University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in women's studies. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in women's studies. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
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It is difficult to beat University of Florida if you wish to pursue a degree in women's studies. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 53 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in women's studies. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 16 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public university located in the city of Greensboro. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 17 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent year we have data available.
FIU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Miami. This university ranks 13th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 22 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Spelman is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Atlanta. This college ranks 42nd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 22 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Spelman in the most recent data year.
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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The women's studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Women's Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for women's studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
