2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in gay/lesbian studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular gay/lesbian studies programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree gay/lesbian studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#5 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

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 for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Gay/Lesbian Studies at Cornell University

2

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York

Top 25% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hobart and William Smith Colleges. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Geneva, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s gay/lesbian studies students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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