2024 Best Women's Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
621Women's Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in women's studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #259 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Women's Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 621 degrees in women's studies to qualified students.
The women's studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Women's Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Women's Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Women’s Studies in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of women's studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good decision for students interested in a degree in women's studies. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 165 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in women's studies needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Miami University - Oxford if you want to pursue a degree in women's studies. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in women's studies needs to check out Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Oberlin, Oberlin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 8th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 10 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Oberlin in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 23 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Allendale. This university ranks 9th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 15 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti. This university ranks 20th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 11 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 21 women's studies students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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The women's studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Women's Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Women's Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
