2023 Most Focused Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 2020-2021, 85 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 19 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The gay/lesbian studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

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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

1

Mills College
Oakland, California

$43,897 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,000 Average Student Debt

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, Mills College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mills College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oakland, California. It awarded 5 ’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Gay/Lesbian Studies at Mills

2

Sierra College
Rocklin, California

$21,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sierra College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Sierra College is a public institution located in Rocklin, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Gay/Lesbian Studies at Sierra College

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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

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.

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