by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 2024, College Factual analyzed 73 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Women's Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,917 bachelor's degrees in women's studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of women's studies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality women's studies program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for women's studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Women's Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for women's studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in women's studies has to take a look at Yale University. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Yale University
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in women's studies has to take a look at Georgetown University. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Georgetown University
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in women's studies needs to take a look at Emory University. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Emory University
It is difficult to beat Wellesley College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in women's studies. Wellesley is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Wellesley.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Wellesley College
Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Duke University
Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from University of California - Berkeley
Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from Dartmouth College
UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from University of Washington - Seattle Campus
UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a bachelor’s in women’s studies from The University of Texas at Austin
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Women's Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | University of California - Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 12 | Barnard College | New York, NY |
| 13 | Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT |
| 14 | San Diego State University | San Diego, CA |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 16 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
| 17 | Amherst College | Amherst, MA |
| 18 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL |
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Women's Studies is one of 11 different types of Ethnic Studies programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| African American Studies | 1,057 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other | 998 |
| Latino Studies | 774 |
| Ethnic Studies | 325 |
| Native American Studies | 254 |
| Deaf Studies | 235 |
| Asian-American Studies | 111 |
| Disability Studies | 63 |
| Comparative Group Studies | 25 |
| Gay/Lesbian Studies | 19 |
