GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Programs (USA)

These are degree or credential-earning higher education programs in gender and women’s studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, and feminist studies in the United States.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

  • Delaware State University, Dover – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
  • University of Delaware, Newark
    • Women and Gender Studies major
    • Domestic Violence Prevention and Services minor and concentration
    • Sexualities & Gender studies minor
    • Women and Religion minor

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawai’i

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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Washington, D.C.

  • American University
    • Sexuality & Queer Studies minor
    • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate certificate, major, and minor
    • Gender, International, and Comparative Law master’s of law
    • Law & Government with Gender Specialization master’s of law
  • Georgetown University – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
  • George Washington University
    • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, graduate certificate, and joint degrees
    • LGBT and Sexuality Studies minor
  • Howard University – Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies minor
  • Trinity Washington University – Women’s Studies minor

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

  • Casper College, Casper – Gender and Women’s Studies associate’s major or minor
  • University of Wyoming, Laramie
    • Gender & Women’s Studies major, minor, graduate minor
    • Queer Studies minor, graduate minor

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Ceased

This list includes both instances of entire colleges/universities closing and specific gender, women’s, sexuality, and/or queer studies degree programs that were eliminated. Some of the institutions that eliminated their programs merged them into other programs, resulting in things like Diversity Studies or Social Justice Studies.

Alabama

Arkansas

  • Henderson State University, Arkadelphia – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

California

  • Contra Costa College, San Pablo – Women’s Studies
  • Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill – Women’s Studies associate’s
  • Dominican University of California – Women and Gender Studies
  • Mills College – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (College merged with Northeastern University in 2022)
  • Sonoma State University, Sonoma – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor, Queer Studies minor. The Women’s and Gender Studies major and minors are being discontinued. WGS classes will not be offered at SSU after Spring 2026.
  • University of California Santa Cruz – Feminist Studies doctorate

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

  • Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers – Gender Studies minor is no longer accepting new students (7/22/2025) – also not admitting new students for museum studies, peace & social justice, and race & ethnic studies
  • New College of Florida – Gender Studies (eliminated 2022)
  • Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale – Gender Studies minor
  • University of West Florida – Women’s Studies Program

Illinois

Iowa

  • Luther College, Decorah – Women’s and Gender Studies – Now offers an Identity Studies Major and Minor which groups together race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality studies.
  • Morningside College, Sioux City – Gender Studies minor

Kansas

Kentucky

  • Brescia University, Owensboro – Women’s Studies minor
  • Spalding University, Louisville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

Louisiana

Massachusetts

  • Curry College, Milton – Women and Gender Studies program but no minor or major
  • Greenfield Community College – Gender and Women’s Studies degree no longer offered; students previously enrolled in the program need to complete a degree checklist. 

Michigan

  • Mott Community College, Flint – Women’s Studies certificate and degree

Minnesota

Missouri

  • Fontbonne University, St. Louis – Women’s and Gender Studies minor – college closed Summer 2025
  • William Jewell College, Liberty

Nebraska

  • Bellevue University, Bellevue

New Hampshire

  • Rivier University, Nashua

New Jersey

New York

  • College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle – Women’s Studies major and minor (Closed 2019)
  • Iona University, New Rochelle – Women’s Studies minor
  • LIU Post (C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University), Brookville
  • Manhattan College, New York (Bronx)
  • Manhattanville College (now Manhattanville University), Harrison
  • Wells College, Aurora – Women’s and Gender Studies (College closed)

Ohio

Pennsylvania

  • Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion

Texas

  • Sul Ross State University, Alpine – Women’s Studies minor

Utah

  • Southern Utah University, Cedar City – Women and Gender Studies minor
  • Weber State University, Ogden – Women & Gender and Queer Studies – as of 6/27/2025, website states that both the Women & Gender Studies minor and the Queer Studies minor have “been suspended pending formal discontinuance and [are] no longer accepting new students.”

Vermont

  • Goddard College, Plainview – Women’s Studies concentration, master’s (College closed 2024)

Virginia

  • Lynchburg College (now University of Lynchburg) – Gender Studies minor
  • Mary Baldwin College (now Mary Baldwin University), Staunton – Women’s Studies

Wisconsin

  • Alverno College, Milwaukee – Women’s & Gender Studies major
  • Edgewood College, Madison – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
  • Marian University, Fond du Lac – Cultural, Media, and Gender Studies minor
  • Northland College, Ashland – Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor (College closed at the end of the 2024-25 academic year)
  • Viterbo University, LaCrosse – Women’s Studies

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