Lists and Rankings

Campus Pride: The LGBT-Friendly Index

This list is based on the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender)-Friendly Campus Climate Index. These colleges received high scores (a 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale) on LGBT campus life based on their inclusive, welcoming, and respectful atmosphere toward LGBT students. The index was developed by Campus Pride, a nonprofit LGBT organization.

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• Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
• Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
• Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
• Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)
• Ohio University (Athens, OH)
• Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
• Pennsylvania State University — University Park (University Park, PA)
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
• Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
• Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
• University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
• University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
• University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL)
• University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
• University of Minnesota — Duluth (Duluth, MN)
• University of Missouri — Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
• University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
• University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)

Source: LGBT-friendly Campus Climate Index, www.campusclimateindex.org.