2025 Best Women's Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
201Women's Studies Degrees Awarded
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 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Women's Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 201 degrees in women's studies annually.
Your choice of women's studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Women's Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
Best Schools for Women’s Studies in the Plains States Region
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 Plains States Region Schools in Women's Studies
University of Kansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in women's studies. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 33 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in women's studies has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 10 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Iowa is a great option for students interested in a degree in women's studies. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were about 10 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in women's studies has to check out Minnesota State University - Mankato. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the city of Mankato. This university ranks 11th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 12 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to G. MГјtzel.
Your choice of women's studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Women's Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
