by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 New England region, there were 4 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 gay/lesbian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in gay/lesbian studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in gay/lesbian studies.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Hampshire College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Gay/Lesbian Studies at Hampshire College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Gay/Lesbian Studies Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s gay/lesbian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Gay/Lesbian Studies at Harvard University
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