2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in New York

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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 New York, 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 $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 New York for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in New York for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Gay/Lesbian Studies in New York

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#1 overall quality in New York

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 New York for a Bachelor’s list. Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York

#23 overall quality in New York

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 New York for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Geneva, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s gay/lesbian studies degrees 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Credits

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