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. Page last updated 11/4/2025.

Alabama

• Auburn University, Auburn – Women’s & Gender Studies undergraduate minor and graduate minor
• Huntingdon College, Montgomery – Women’s Studies minor
• Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville – Gender Studies minor
• University of Alabama at Birmingham – LGBTQ Health and Wellbeing undergraduate certificate and graduate certificate
• University of Alabama in Huntsville – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa – Women’s Studies minor
• University of North Alabama, Florence – Women’s Studies minor
• University of South Alabama, Mobile – Gender Studies minor

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Alaska

• University of Alaska, Anchorage – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of Alaska, Fairbanks – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor

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Arizona

• Arizona State University, Tempe or online
  • Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies major, master’s
  • Gender Studies graduate certificate, doctorate
  • Sexuality Studies graduate certificate
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies undergraduate certificate
• Maricopa Community Colleges, multiple campuses – Women and Gender Studies associate’s
• New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (ASU), Phoenix – Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies major
• Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
  • Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• University of Arizona, Tucson – Gender and Women’s Studies doctorate, doctoral minor, master’s dual degree, graduate certificate, major, and minor

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Arkansas

• Arkansas State University, Jonesboro – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Hendrix College, Conway – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville – Gender Studies minor and graduate certificate
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock – Gender Studies minor
• University of Central Arkansas, Conway – Gender Studies minor

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California

• Antioch University, Los Angeles
  • Queer Studies minor concentration
  • LGBT-Affirmative Psychology master’s specialization
• Berkeley City College, Berkeley – Gender Studies certificate
• Cabrillo College, Aptos and Watsonville – Women’s Studies associate’s
• California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
  • Critical Sexuality Studies master’s
  • Human Sexuality doctorate
  • Women, Gender, Spirituality, and Social Justice master’s
  • Women’s Spirituality doctorate
• California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
  • Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies major
  • Women’s Studies minor and certificate
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies major
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• California State University Bakersfield – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor and concentration
• California State University Chico
  • Gender and Sexuality minor
  • Multicultural and Gender Studies major
  • Queer and Trans Studies minor
  • Women’s Studies Minor
• California State University Dominguez Hills – Women’s Studies major and minor
• California State University East Bay, Hayward
  • Women’s Development concentration in Human Development major
  • Women’s Studies minor
• California State University Fresno
  • Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major
  • LGBTQ2+ Studies minor
• California State University, Fullerton
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• California State University, Long Beach – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• California State University, Los Angeles – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• California State University, Northridge
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• California State University, Sacramento
  • Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• California State University, San Bernardino – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor and certificate
• California State University, San Marcos – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock and online – Gender Studies major and minor
• Cerritos College, Norwalk
  • LGBT Studies certificate
  • Social Justice Studies-Gender Studies associate’s
  • Women’s & Gender Studies associate’s
  • Women in Management certificate and associate’s
• Chapman University, Orange – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• City College of San Francisco
  • LGBTQI Studies associate’s
  • Women’s and Gender Studies associate’s
• Claremont University, Claremont
  • Applied Gender Studies master’s
  • Women’s & Gender Studies undergraduate certificate
  • Women’s & Gender Studies in Religion master’s
• Cosumnes River College, Sacramento – Interdisciplinary Studies Women’s Studies associate’s
• DeAnza College, Cupertino – Women’s Studies certificate
• Foothill College, Los Altos Hills – Women’s Studies associate’s
• Fresno City College, Fresno – Women’s Studies associate’s
• Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley – Women’s Studies in Religion certificate
• Loyola Marymount University, multiple campuses – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles
  • Women and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Women’s Studies and Leadership minor
• Occidental College, Los Angeles – Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies minor
• Ohlone College, multiple campuses – Gender and Women’s Studies certificate
• Pitzer College, Claremont – Gender and Feminist Studies major and minor
• Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego – Women’s Studies minor
• Pomona College, Claremont – Gender and Women’s Studies major
• Sacramento City College, multiple campuses – Women and Gender Studies associate’s
• Saddleback College, Mission Viejo – Gender and Sexuality Studies associate’s
• Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• San Diego Mesa College, San Diego – Women’s Studies certificate
• San Diego State University, San Diego
  • Women’s Studies major, minor, certificate, and master’s
  • LGBTQ+ Studies major, minor, and certificate
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco
  • Women and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Feminist Health Justice minor
• San José State University, San José
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Black Women’s Studies minor
• Santa Ana College, Santa Ana – Women’s Studies associate’s
• Santa Clara University, Santa Clara – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Scripps College, Claremont – Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Sierra College, Rocklin
  • LGBT Studies associate’s
  • Women and Gender Studies associate’s
• Stanford University, Stanford – Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, undergraduate minor, and doctoral minor
• University of California, Berkeley
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • LGBT Studies minor
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality graduate emphasis
• University of California, Davis
  • Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Sexuality Studies minor
  • Social, Ethnic & Gender Relations minor
  • Feminist Theory and Research graduate emphasis
• University of California, Irvine
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Queer Studies minor
  • Feminist graduate emphasis
• University of California, Los Angeles
  • Gender Studies major, minor, doctorate, and graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• University of California, Riverside
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major
  • Feminist Studies minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• University of California, San Diego – Critical Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate specialization
• University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Feminist Studies major, minor, doctorate, doctoral emphasis
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• University of California, Santa Cruz – Feminist Studies major
• University of La Verne, La Verne – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Redlands, Redlands – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of San Diego – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of San Francisco – Gender & Sexualities Studies minor
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, grad certificate
  • Gender and Social Justice minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• University of the Pacific, multiple campuses – Gender Studies minor
• Vanguard University, Costa Mesa – Women & Justice minor
• West Valley College, Saratoga – Women, Gender, and Queer Studies associate’s
• Westmont College, Santa Barbara – Gender Studies minor
• Whittier College, Whittier – Gender Studies minor

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Colorado

• Adams State University, Alamosa
  • Women’s Studies minor
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Colorado College, Colorado Springs – Feminist and Gender Studies major and minor
• Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Colorado State University, Fort Collins – Department of Race, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major
  • Women’s Studies graduate certificate and undergraduate minor
• Colorado State University, Pueblo – Women’s Studies minor
• Fort Lewis College, Durango – Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Metropolitan State University of Denver – Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies major
• Naropa University, Boulder – Gender & Women’s Studies minor
• Regis University, Denver – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Women & Gender Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies master’s
  • Global Gender & Sexuality Studies certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies Certificate
• University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
  • Women’s and Ethnic Studies major, minor
  • Gender and Sexualities Studies certificate
• University of Colorado, Denver – Women’s and Gender Studies minor, graduate certificate
• University of Denver – Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Northern Colorado, Greeley – Gender Studies minor

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Connecticut

• Central Connecticut State University, New Britain – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Connecticut College, New London – Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality Studies major and minor
• Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major
  • Women’s Studies minor
• Fairfield University, Fairfield – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Quinnipiac University, Hamden – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Sacred Heart University, Fairfield – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven – Women’s & Gender Studies master’s, graduate certificate, dual degree master’s, and undergraduate minor
• Trinity College, Hartford – Women, Gender, and Sexuality major and minor
• University of Connecticut, multiple campuses- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• University of Hartford, West Hartford – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Wesleyan University, Middletown – Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
• Western Connecticut State University, Danbury – Women’s Studies minor
• Yale University, New Haven – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, graduate certificate, and combined doctorate

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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

• Eckerd College, St. Petersburg – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Flagler College, St. Augustine – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies master’s, graduate certificate, and undergraduate minor
• Florida International University, Miami
  • Queer Studies undergraduate certificate
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, undergraduate certificate, and graduate certificate
• Florida State University, Tallahassee – Women’s Studies major and minor
• Jacksonville University, Jacksonville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Rollins College of Liberal Arts, Winter Park – Sexuality, Women’s, and Gender Studies minor
• Saint Leo University, St. Leo – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Stetson University, DeLand – Gender Studies minor
• University of Central Florida, Orlando – Women’s and Gender Studies undergraduate minor, undergraduate certificate, and graduate certificate
• University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Women’s Studies major, master’s
  • Theories and Politics of Sexuality minor
  • Women’s Studies minor
• University of Miami, Coral Gables – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of North Florida, Jacksonville – Gender Studies minor
• University of South Florida, Tampa – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor
• University of Tampa – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor

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Georgia

• Agnes Scott College, Decatur – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Augusta University, Augusta – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Berry College, Mount Berry – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta – Africana Women’s Studies master’s
• Emory University, Atlanta – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and doctorate
• Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville – Women’s Studies minor
• Georgia Southern University, Statesboro – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies certificate
• Georgia State University, Atlanta – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, and graduate certificate
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta – Women, Science, and Technology minor
• Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• Mercer University, Macon – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Oglethorpe University, Atlanta – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
• Spelman College, Atlanta – Comparative Women’s Studies major and minor
• University of Georgia, Athens
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies undergraduate certificate
• University of North Georgia, Dahlonega – Gender Studies minor
• University of West Georgia, Carrollton – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Valdosta State University, Valdosta – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Wesleyan College, Macon – Women, Gender, and Sexuality major

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Hawai’i

• Hawai’i Pacific University, Honolulu – Gender & Women’s Studies minor
• University of Hawai’i at Hilo – Gender & Women’s Studies minor
• University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, undergraduate certificate, and graduate certificate
  • Queer Studies certificate
• University of Hawai’i, West Oahu – Gender Studies certificate

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Idaho

• Boise State University, Boise – Gender Studies minor
• Idaho State University, Pocatello – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Lewis-Clark University, Lewiston – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• University of Idaho, Moscow – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor

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Illinois

• Augustana College, Rock Island – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Aurora University, Aurora – Gender Studies minor
• Bradley University, Peoria – Women and Gender Studies minor
• City Colleges of Chicago, multiple campuses – Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies associate’s
• Columbia College Chicago – Feminism and Queer Studies minor
• DePaul University, Chicago
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, and graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies undergraduate minor
• Dominican University, River Forest & Chicago – Study of Women and Gender major
• Eastern Illinois University, Charleston – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Elmhurst University, Elmhurst – Gender Studies minor
• Governors State University, University Park – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Illinois College, Jacksonville – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• Illinois State University, Normal
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies undergraduate minor and graduate certificate
  • Queer Studies certificate
• Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Knox College, Galesburg – Gender & Women’s Studies major and minor
• Lake Forest College, Lake Forest – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies minor
• Lewis University, Romeoville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Loyola University, Chicago – Women’s Studies and Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, master’s dual-degree, doctoral concentration
• McKendree University, Lebanon – Gender Studies minor
• Millikin University, Decatur – Gender Studies minor
• Monmouth College, Monmouth – Women’s Studies minor
• Niagara University, Lewiston – Women’s Studies minor
• North Park University, Chicago – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
  • Law and Women’s Studies graduate certificate
  • LGBT Studies graduate certificate, undergraduate certificate
  • LGBTQ+ Studies minor
  • Women and Gender Studies certificate, minor, graduate certificate
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
• Northwestern University, Evanston – Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor, graduate certificate
• Oakton College, multiple campuses – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies concentration
• Principia College, Elsah – Women’s and Gender Studies major
• Roosevelt University, multiple campuses – Women’s and Gender Studies major
• Saint Xavier University, Chicago – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies certificate and minor
• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville – Women’s Studies minor
• The University of Chicago – Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
• University of Illinois, Chicago – Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• University of Illinois, Springfield – Women and Gender Studies minor and graduate certificate
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
  • LGBT/Queer Studies minor and graduate minor
• Western Illinois University, multiple campuses – Women’s Studies minor
• Wheaton College, Wheaton – Gender Studies certificate

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Indiana

• Anderson University, Anderson – Women’s Studies minor
• Ball State University, Muncie – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Butler University, Indianapolis – Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies major, minor (formerly Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies)
• DePauw University, Greencastle – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Earlham College, Richmond – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Goshen College, Goshen – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Hanover College, Hanover – Gender Studies major
• Indiana State University, Terre Haute
  • Gender and the Workplace certificate
  • Gender Studies minor
• Indiana University at Bloomington – Gender Studies major, master’s, and doctorate
• Indiana University Columbus – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Indiana University East, Richmond – Women’s and Gender Studies certificate
• Indiana University Northwest, Gary
  • Women’s Studies minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies certificate and concentration
• Indiana University South Bend – Women’s and Gender Studies major
• Indiana University Southeast, New Albany – Gender Studies certificate
• Manchester University, North Manchester – Gender Studies minor
• Purdue University, West Lafayette
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate concentration
• Purdue University Fort Wayne – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, certificate
• Purdue University Northwest, multiple campuses – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, St Mary-Of-The-Woods – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Women’s History minor and concentration
• Taylor University, Upland – Women’s History minor
• University of Evansville, Evansville – Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Indianapolis – Gender Studies minor
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame – Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• University of Southern Indiana, Evansville – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Valparaiso University, Valparaiso – Gender Studies minor
• Wabash College, Crawfordsville – Gender Studies minor

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Iowa

• Buena Vista University, Storm Lake – Gender Studies minor
• Cornell College, Mount Vernon – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major
• Drake University, Des Moines – Women’s & Gender Studies concentration
• Graceland University, Lamoni – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Grinnell College, Grinnell – Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies major
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• Simpson College, Indianola – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• St. Ambrose University, Davenport – Justice, Diversity, and Gender major
• University of Dubuque, Dubuque – Women’s Studies minor
• University of Iowa, Iowa City
  • Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • Gender, Health, and Health Care Equity minor
• University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
  • Studies in Sexuality, Women & Gender minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies master’s and graduate certificate
• Wartburg College, Waverly – Women’s & Gender Studies minor

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Kansas

• Baker University, Baldwin City – Gender Studies minor
• Bethany College, Lindsborg – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Fort Hays State University, Hays – Gender Studies certificate
• Kansas State University, Manhattan
  • Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies graduate certificate and minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg – Women’s and Gender Studies minor and certificate
• University of Kansas, Lawrence
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, doctorate, and graduate certificate
  • Human Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Gender, Law & Policy certificate
• Washburn University, Topeka – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Wichita State University, Wichita – Women’s, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies major and minor

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Kentucky

• Bellarmine University, Louisville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Berea College, Berea – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Centre College, Danville – Gender Studies minor
• Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Georgetown College, Georgetown – Women’s Studies minor
• Lindsey Wilson University, Columbia – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Morehead State University, Morehead – Gender Studies minor
• Murray State University, Murray – Gender and Diversity Studies minor
• Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Transylvania University, Lexington – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major, doctorate, graduate certificate
  • Sexuality Studies certificate
• University of Louisville
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, certificate, master’s
  • Race/Gender Studies minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women in Entrepreneurship minor
  • LGBTQ Health Studies minor
• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green – Gender & Women’s Studies minor

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Louisiana

• Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport – Gender Studies minor
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge – Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies minor, concentration, and graduate minor
• Louisiana Tech University, Ruston – Gender Studies minor
• Loyola University, New Orleans – Women’s Studies minor
• Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Tulane University, New Orleans
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • Gender Based Violence undergraduate certificate
• University of New Orleans – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans – Women’s Studies minor

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Maine

• Bates College, Lewiston – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Bowdoin College, Brunswick – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Colby College, Waterville – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Maine, Orono – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Maine at Augusta – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Maine at Farmington – Women’s and Gender Studies second major or minor
• University of Maine at Presque Isle – Women’s Studies minor and certificate
• University of New England, Biddeford – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Southern Maine, Portland – Women and Gender Studies major and minor

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Maryland

• Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold – Gender and Sexuality Studies associate’s and certificate
• Frostburg State University, Frostburg – Critical Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Goucher College, Baltimore – Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Hood College, Frederick – Studies in Women & Gender minor
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore – Women, Gender, and Sexuality minor, graduate fellowship, and undergraduate fellowship
• Loyola University, Baltimore – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• McDaniel College, Westminster – Gender Studies minor
• Montgomery College, multiple campuses – Women’s and Gender Studies certificate
• Morgan State University, Baltimore – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg and Frederick – Gender Studies minor
• Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore – Women’s Studies minor
• Salisbury University, Salisbury – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Towson University, Towson
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, graduate certificate
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies minor
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies major
  • Critical Sexuality Studies minor and certificate
  • Gender and Women’s Studies minor, certificate, and post-baccalaureate certificate
• University of Maryland, College Park
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, undergraduate certificate, doctorate, and graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor and certificate
  • Black Women’s Studies joint minor
• Washington College, Chestertown – Gender Studies minor

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Massachusetts

• Amherst College, Amherst – Sexuality, Women’s & Gender Studies major
• Assumption University, Worcester – Women’s Studies minor
• Bay Path University, Longmeadow – Women’s Studies minor
• Bentley University, Waltham – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Berklee College of Music, Boston – Music and Society: Gender Studies Track minor
• Boston College, Chestnut Hill – Women’s and Gender studies minor and graduate certificate
• Boston University, Boston – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Brandeis University, Waltham
  • Sexuality and Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, joint degree master’s
• Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies graduate certificate
• Clark University, Worcester – Women’s and Gender Studies major
• College of the Holy Cross, Worcester – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and concentration
• Emerson College, Boston – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Emmanuel College, Boston – Gender & Women’s Studies minor
• Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Framingham State University, Framingham – Gender Studies minor
• Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge – Women’s Studies in Religion Program
• Harvard University, Cambridge – Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality concentration, graduate secondary field, undergraduate secondary field
• Lasell University, Newton
  • Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies minor
  • Women’s Studies minor
• Lesley University, Cambridge – Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and concentration
• Merrimack College, North Andover – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley – Gender Studies major and minor
• Northeastern University, Boston
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor and graduate certificate
  • Women, Gender, Sexuality, and the Law graduate certificate
• Regis College, Weston – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Salem State University, Salem – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Simmons University, Boston
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Gender and Culture Studies master’s
  • Gender History undergraduate minor
• Smith College, Northampton – Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality major, minor
• Stonehill College, Easton – Gender & Sexuality Studies major, minor
• Suffolk University, Boston – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Tufts University, Medford – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies major, minor
  • Feminist Studies graduate certificate
• University of Massachusetts Boston – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
• University of Massachusetts Lowell – Gender Studies minor
• Wellesley College, Wellesley – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
• Western New England University, Springfield – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Westfield State University, Westfield
  • Ethnic and Gender Studies major
  • Women and Gender Studies minor
• Wheaton College, Norton
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
  • Queer and Trans Studies minor
• Williams College, Williamstown – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester – Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies minor
• Worcester State University, Worcester – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor

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Michigan

• Adrian College, Adrian – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Albion College, Albion
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major
  • Gender Studies minor
  • Sexuality Studies minor
  • Women’s Studies minor
• Alma College, Alma – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Aquinas College, Grand Rapids – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Calvin University, Grand Rapids – Gender Studies minor
• Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
  • LGBTQ+ Studies certificate
  • Women and Gender Studies minor
• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti – Women’s and Gender Studies minor, major, graduate certificate, and master’s
• Ferris State University, Big Rapids – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids – Pre-Gender Studies associate’s
• Grand Valley State University, Allendale
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Hope College, Holland – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and concentration
• Michigan State University, East Lansing
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate specialization
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Sexuality Studies minor
• Northern Michigan University, Marquette – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• Oakland University, Rochester
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Saginaw Valley State University, University Center – Gender Studies minor
• University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, graduate certificate, and joint doctorates
  • Gender and Health major, minor
  • Gender, Race, and Nation minor
  • LGBTQ and Sexuality Studies minor
  • LGBTQ Studies graduate certificate
• University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, concentration
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate
• University of Michigan-Flint – Women’s & Gender Studies minor and certificate
• Wayne State University, Detroit
  • Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major, minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo – Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor

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Minnesota

• Augsburg University, Minneapolis
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Global Women’s and Gender Studies minor and concentration
  • Sexuality Studies minor and concentration
• Bemidji State University, Bemidji – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• Bethel University, St. Paul – Gender Studies minor
• Carleton College, Northfield – Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Century College, White Bear Lake – Gender Studies certificate
• College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, St. Joseph and Collegeville – Gender Studies minor
• The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Concordia College, Moorhead – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter – Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies major
• Macalester College, Saint Paul – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis – Gender Studies major and minor
• Minneapolis College, Minneapolis – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies associate’s
• Minnesota State University, Mankato – Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead – Women’s & Gender Studies major, minor, and concentration
• North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park – Gender and Women’s Studies associate’s emphasis
• Siena Heights University, Adrian
  • Ethnic and Gender Studies minor, certificate
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies certificate
• Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall – Women’s Studies minor
• St. Catherine University, St. Paul – Gender and Women’s Studies major and dual degree master’s
• St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud
  • Gender & Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Feminist Leadership certificate
• St. Olaf College, Northfield – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and concentration
• University of Minnesota Duluth – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Minnesota Morris – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies major, minor
  • GLBT Studies minor
  • Feminist Studies doctorate
  • Feminist & Critical Sexuality Studies graduate minor
• University of St. Thomas, St. Paul – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor
• Winona State University, Winona – Women’s & Gender Studies minor

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Mississippi

• Millsaps College, Jackson – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Mississippi State University, multiple campuses – Gender Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Mississippi University for Women, Columbus – Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major
• The University of Mississippi, University – Gender Studies minor
• The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg – Women’s and Gender Studies undergraduate minor and graduate minor

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Missouri

• Avila University, Kansas City – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Cottey College, Nevada – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Drury University, Springfield – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Lindenwood University, Saint Charles – Gender Studies minor
• Missouri State University, Springfield – Gender Studies minor
• Rockhurst University, Kansas City – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Saint Louis University, St. Louis – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, graduate minor, and dual JD/master’s
• Stephens College, Columbia – Women’s Studies minor
• Truman State University, Kirksville – Women and Gender Studies minor
• University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg – Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor
• University of Missouri, Columbia – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• University of Missouri Kansas City – Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies minor
• University of Missouri St. Louis – Gender Studies minor, undergraduate certificate, graduate certificate
• Washington University in St. Louis – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate, and JD/MA dual program
• Webster University, St. Louis
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Westminster College, Fulton – Women and Gender Studies minor

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Montana

• Carroll College, Helena – Gender Studies minor
• Montana State University, Billings – Women’s Studies minor
• Montana State University, Bozeman – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Montana, Missoula – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate (previously had an LGBTIQ+ Studies certificate)

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Nebraska

• College of Saint Mary, Omaha – Women’s Studies minor
• Creighton University, Omaha – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Nebraska at Kearney – Women’s, Gender & Ethnic Studies minor
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Nebraska-Omaha
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies minor
  • Gender & Leadership certificate

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Nevada

• College of Southern Nevada, multiple campuses – Women’s Studies associate’s
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration and minor
• University of Nevada, Reno
  • Gender, Race & Identity major, master’s, graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor

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New Hampshire

• Antioch University, Keene – Gender Affirming Clinical Practice graduate certificate
• Colby-Sawyer College, New London – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Dartmouth College, Hanover – Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Franklin Pierce University, Rindge – Women, Gender, and Leadership certificate
• Keene State College, Keene – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• New England College, Henniker – Women’s and Gender Studies major
• Plymouth State University, Plymouth – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Saint Anselm College, Manchester – Gender Studies minor
• University of New Hampshire, Durham
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Feminist Studies graduate certificate
  • Queer Studies minor

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New Jersey

• Bloomfield College, Bloomfield – Women’s Studies minor
• The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies graduate certificate
  • Sexuality and Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Drew University, Madison – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Georgian Court University, Lakewood – Women’s Studies minor
• Kean University, Union – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Monmouth University, West Long Branch – Gender and Intersectionality Studies minor
• Montclair State University, Montclair
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Studies minor
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Social Justice: Gender, Race, and Queerness minor
• New Jersey City University, Jersey City – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and education co-major
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark – Technology, Gender and Diversity minor
• Princeton University, Princeton – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Rider University, Lawrenceville – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor and certificate
• Rowan University, Glassboro – Women’s and Gender Studies minor and certificate
• Rutgers University-Camden – Gender Studies major and minor
• Rutgers University-Newark
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate concentration
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Gender and Media minor
  • Sexualities Studies minor
• Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Seton Hall University, South Orange – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken – Gender Studies minor
• Stockton University, Galloway – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• William Paterson University, Wayne
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Gender and Sexuality certificate

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New Mexico

• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces – Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
• Western New Mexico University, Silver City – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor

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New York

• Adelphi University, Garden City – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Alfred University, Alfred – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Barnard College, New York – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major
• Baruch College, New York – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York – Gender and Women’s Studies associate’s
• Brooklyn College, Brooklyn – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Canisius University, Buffalo – Women and Gender Studies minor
• City College of New York, New York – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Clarkson University, Potsdam – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Colgate University, Hamilton – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• College of Staten Island – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major
• Columbia University, New York – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• Cornell University, Ithaca – Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• CUNY Graduate Center, New York
  • Women’s and Gender Studies master’s
  • Women’s Studies certificate
• Daemen University, Amherst – Women’s Studies minor
• Dominican University, Orangeburg – Gender Studies minor
• Elmira College, Elmira – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Empire State University, Saratoga Springs – Women’s and Gender Studies graduate certificate
• Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Fordham University, multiple campuses – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Hamilton College, Clinton – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and concentration
• Hartwick College, Oneonta – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva
  • Gender and Feminist Studies major and minor
  • LGBTQ+ Studies major and minor
• Hofstra University, Hempstead – Women’s Studies major and minor
• Hunter College, CUNY, New York – Women and Gender Studies major and minor
• Ithaca College, Ithaca – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Jewish Theological Seminary, New York – Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies major and master’s
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York – Gender Studies major and minor
• Kingsborough Community College, New York – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies concentration
• Lehman College, CUNY, New York – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• LeMoyne College, Syracuse – Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies minor
• Marist University, Poughkeepsie – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Marymount Manhattan College, New York – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Molloy University, Rockville Centre – Gender Studies minor
• Nazareth University, Rochester – Women and Gender Studies minor
• The New School, New York – Gender and Sexuality Studies graduate certificate
• New York City College of Technology – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• New York University, New York – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Pace University, New York – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Queens College, Flushing
  • Women & Gender Studies major
  • LGBT Studies minor
• Roberts Wesleyan University, Rochester – Gender Studies minor
• Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
  • Gender Equity, Social Institutions, and Public Affairs minor
  • Gender, Art, and Media Minor
  • Queer and Transgender Studies Minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies Minor
• Russell Sage College, multiple campuses – Women’s Studies minor
• Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
  • Previously had a Women’s History master’s degree
• Siena College, Loudonville – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs – Gender Studies major and minor
• St. Bonaventure University, Bonaventure – Women’s Studies major and minor
• St. Francis College, Brooklyn – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• St. John Fisher University, Rochester – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• St. John’s University, Queens – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• St. Joseph’s University, Long Island – Women’s Studies minor
• St. Lawrence University, Canton – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Stony Brook University, Stony Brook – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, doctorate, and graduate certificate
• Suffolk County Community College, Selden – Women’s and Gender Studies associate’s
• SUNY (State University of New York) at Albany
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s
  • Global Gender Advocacy graduate certificate
  • Women and Public Policy graduate certificate
• SUNY Binghamton – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• SUNY Brockport – Women & Gender Studies major, minor, and advanced certificate
• SUNY Buffalo
  • Global Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, and doctorate
  • Sexuality Studies minor
  • Gender and Globalization micro-credential
• SUNY Canton – Gender Studies minor
• SUNY Cortland – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• SUNY Fredonia
  • Ethnic and Gender Studies major
  • Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• SUNY Geneseo
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and concentration
  • Queer/Sexuality Studies minor
• SUNY New Paltz – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• SUNY Old Westbury
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
  • Women & Gender Studies minor
• SUNY Oneonta
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
  • Queer and Trans Studies minor
• SUNY Oswego – Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor, and teaching concentration
• SUNY Plattsburgh – Gender & Women’s Studies major and minor
• SUNY Potsdam
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major 
  • Women’s Studies minor
• SUNY Purchase – Gender Studies minor
• Syracuse University, Syracuse
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden – Gender & Sexuality Studies associate’s
• Union College, Schenectady – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
• University of Rochester, Rochester – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major, minor
• Utica University, Utica – Gender Studies minor
• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie – Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies major
• Wagner College, Staten Island – Gender Studies minor

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North Carolina

• Appalachian State University, Boone
  • Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate, graduate minor
  • Girls’ Studies minor
  • LGBT Studies minor
• Bennett College, Greensboro
  • Interdisciplinary Studies major with Africana Women’s Studies track
  • Women’s Studies minor
• Davidson College, Davidson – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Duke University, Durham
  • Feminist Studies graduate certificate
  • Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies major and minor
• East Carolina University, Greenville – Gender Studies minor
• Elon University, Elon – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Guilford College, Greensboro – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte – Gender Studies minor
• Mars Hill University, Mars Hill – Women’s Studies minor
• Methodist University, Fayetteville – Women’s Studies minor
• North Carolina Central University, Durham – Race, Gender, and Class concentration
• North Carolina State University, Raleigh – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate minor
• Salem College, Winston-Salem – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of North Carolina, Asheville – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke – Gender Studies minor
• University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Women’s and Gender Studies undergraduate minor
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies grad certificate
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies master’s, major, graduate certificate
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington – Women’s & Gender Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate concentration
• Wingate University, Wingate and Hendersonville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

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North Dakota

• Minot State University, Minot – Gender/Women’s Studies minor and concentration
• North Dakota State University, Fargo – Women and Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• University of North Dakota, Grand Forks – Women and Gender Studies major, minor, and certificate

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Ohio

• Bluffton University, Bluffton – Women’s Studies minor
• Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
  • Sexuality Studies minor
  • Women’s Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Central State University, Wilberforce
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
  • Women and Gender in Society certificate
• Cleveland State University, Cleveland – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• College of Wooster, Wooster
  • Global Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Denison University, Granville – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Heidelberg University, Tiffin – Gender and Identity Studies minor
• Hiram College, Hiram – Gender Studies minor
• John Carroll University, University Heights – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Kent State University, Kent
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies major
  • Human Sexuality minor
  • Women’s Studies minor
  • LGBTQ+ Public Health graduate certificate
  • Race, Gender and Social Justice graduate minor
• Kenyon College, Gambier – Gender & Sexuality Studies major and concentration
• Lake Erie College, Painesville – Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies minor
• Malone University, Canton – Gender Studies minor
• Marietta College, Marietta – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor and certificate
• Miami University, Oxford – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate certificate, major, and minor
• Muskingum University, New Concord – Gender Studies minor
• Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin – Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major and minor
• Ohio Dominican University, Columbus – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Ohio Northern University, Ada – Gender and Sexuality minor
• The Ohio State University, Columbus
  • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, doctorate, and graduate minor
  • LGBTQ+ Studies minor
  • Women, Gender and Public Policy minor
• Ohio University, Athens
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate
• Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Otterbein University, Westerville – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major
• Shawnee State University, Portsmouth – Women’s Studies minor
• The University of Akron, Akron – Women’s Studies minor, undergraduate certificate, graduate certificate
• University of Cincinnati
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, dual master’s/doctorate
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate
• University of Dayton – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• University of Mount Union, Alliance – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• The University of Toledo
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Sexualities Studies minor
• Ursuline College, Pepper Pike – Women’s Studies minor
• Wittenberg University, Springfield – Women’s Studies minor
• Wright State University, Dayton – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor, undergraduate certificate, and graduate certificate (Previously had an undergraduate major)
• Xavier University, Cincinnati – Gender and Diversity Studies major
• Youngstown State University, Youngstown – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

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Oklahoma

• Northeastern State University, Tahlequah – Women’s Studies minor
• Oklahoma State University, Stillwater – Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• The University of Tulsa – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor

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Oregon

• Lewis & Clark College, Portland – Gender Studies minor
• Linfield University, McMinnville – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• North Seattle College, Seattle – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies associate’s emphasis
• Oregon State University, Corvallis
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, master’s, doctorate, and graduate minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• Portland State University, Portland
  • Women’s Studies major
  • Sexuality, Gender and Queer Studies major
• Seattle Central College, Seattle – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies associate’s
• Southern Oregon University, Ashland
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s major, minor, certificate
  • Transgender Studies certificate
  • EDI: Gender, Indigeneity, & Sexuality micro-credential
• University of Oregon, Eugene
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
  • Queer Studies minor
• University of Portland, Portland – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Western Oregon University, Monmouth – Gender Studies minor
• Willamette University, Salem – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor

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Pennsylvania

• Albright College, Reading – Women’s and Gender Studies minor and combined major
• Allegheny College, Allegheny – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Alvernia University, Reading – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor and concentration
• Bucknell University, Lewisburg – Women’s & Gender Studies major and minor
• Carlow University, Pittsburgh – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh – Gender Studies minor
• Cedar Crest College, Allentown – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Chatham University, Pittsburgh
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major
  • Women’s Leadership certificate
• Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, multiple campuses – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Dickinson College, Carlisle
  • Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Sexuality Studies minor
• Drexel University, Philadelphia – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Duquesne University, Pittsburgh – Women’s & Gender Studies major, minor, graduate certificate, and graduate concentration
• East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Gettysburg College, Gettysburg – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Haverford College, Haverford – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Immaculata University, Immaculata – Women’s Studies minor
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• King’s College, Wilkes-Barre – Women’s Studies minor
• Kutztown University, Kutztown – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Lafayette College, Easton – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Lehigh University, Bethlehem – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
• Lycoming College, Williamsport – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Messiah University, Mechanicsburg – Gender Studies minor
• Millersville University, Millersville – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Moravian University, Bethlehem – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Mount Aloysius College, Cresson – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Muhlenberg College, Allentown – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Pennsylvania State University Abington – Women’s Studies minor
• Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, dual-title master’s, dual-title doctorate
  • Women’s Studies minor
  • Sexuality and Gender Studies minor
• Pennsylvania State University Behrend, Erie – Women’s Studies & Gender Studies minor
• Point Park University, Pittsburgh – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Rosemont College, Rosemont – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia – Gender Studies minor
• Seton Hill University, Greensburg – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• Shippensburg University, Shippensburg – Women’s & Gender Studies minor and graduate certificate
• Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock – Gender Studies major and minor
• Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove – Women & Gender Studies minor
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• Temple University, Philadelphia
  • Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies minor
• Thiel College, Greenville – Gender Studies minor
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major, minor, and grad certificate
• University of Pittsburgh
  • Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major, minor, certificate, graduate certificate, doctoral certificate
  • LGBTQ and Critical Sexuality Studies minor
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals’ Health and Wellness graduate certificate
• University of Pittsburgh, Bradford – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies minor
• University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg – Gender Studies minor
• University of Scranton – Women’s and Gender Studies major or concentration
• Ursinus College, Collegeville – Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Villanova University, Villanova
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor, and grad certificate
  • Women’s Leadership Development certificate
• Washington & Jefferson College, Washington
  • Gender & Women’s Studies major, minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• West Chester University, West Chester
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Sexuality Studies minor
• Widener University, Chester – Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies major, minor
• Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Wilson College, Chambersburg – Women’s Studies minor
• York College of Pennsylvania, York – Women and Gender Studies minor

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Puerto Rico

• University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

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Rhode Island

• Brown University, Providence – Gender and Sexuality Studies undergraduate concentration and graduate certificate
• Bryant University, Smithfield – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor and concentration
• Johnson & Wales University, Providence – Gender Studies minor
• Providence College, Providence – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Rhode Island College, Providence
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• Roger Williams University, Providence and Bristol – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Salve Regina University, Newport – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Rhode Island, Kingston
  • Gender and Women’s Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • Queer and Transgender Studies minor

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South Carolina

• Claflin University, Orangeburg – Gender Studies minor
• Clemson University, Clemson – Women’s Leadership major and minor
• Coastal Carolina University, Conway – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• College of Charleston – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor
• Columbia College, Columbia – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• Converse University, Spartanburg – Women’s Studies minor
• Francis Marion University, Florence – Gender Studies minor
• Furman University, Greenville – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Presbyterian College, Clinton – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• University of South Carolina, Columbia – Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor, grad certificate
• University of South Carolina Aiken – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg – Women’s and Gender Studies concentration or minor
• Winthrop University, Rock Hill – Women’s and Gender Studies minor

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South Dakota

• Augustana University, Sioux Falls – Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies minor
• South Dakota State University, Brookings – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of South Dakota, Vermillion – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor

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Tennessee

• Austin Peay State University, Clarksville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• East Tennessee State University, Johnson City – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Milligan University, Milligan – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Rhodes College, Memphis – Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Tennessee State University, Nashville – Women’s Studies minor
• Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville – Women & Gender Studies minor
• University of Memphis – Women’s and Gender Studies undergraduate minor and graduate certificate
• University of Tennessee Chattanooga – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Tennessee Knoxville – Women, Gender, and Sexuality undergraduate concentration and grad certificate
• University of the South, Sewanee – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville – Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
• Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville – Religion, Gender, and Sexuality graduate certificate

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Texas

• Abilene Christian University, Abilene – Gender and Multicultural Studies minor
• Angelo State University, San Angelo – Gender Studies minor
• Austin College, Sherman – Gender Studies major and minor
• Baylor University, Waco – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• East Texas A&M University, Commerce
  • Gender Studies undergraduate minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies graduate certificate, graduate minor
• Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Rice University, Houston – Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality major, minor, and graduate certificate
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas
  • Women’s and Gender Studies minor and major focus
  • Women’s Studies graduate certificate
• Southwestern University, Georgetown – Feminist Studies minor
• St. Edward’s University, Austin – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Texas A&M International University, Laredo – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Texas A&M University, College Station
  • Women’s & Gender Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • Gender & Health minor
• Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Texas A&M University, Kingsville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Texas A&M University, San Antonio – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Texas A&M University, Texarkana – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor
• Texas Christian University, Fort Worth – Women & Gender Studies major, minor, and emphasis; graduate certificate
• Texas Lutheran University, Seguin – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Texas Southern University, Houston – Women’s Studies minor
• Texas State University, San Marcos
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies undergraduate minor
  • Women Studies graduate minor
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock – Women’s & Gender Studies minor, concentration, and graduate certificate
• Texas Woman’s University, Denton – Multicultural Women’s & Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, doctorate, and graduate certificate
• Trinity University, San Antonio – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of Houston
  • Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major
  • Women’s Studies minor and graduate certificate
  • GLBT Studies minor
• University of Houston-Clear Lake – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of North Texas, Denton
  • Women’s & Gender Studies undergraduate minor, master’s
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• University of Texas at Arlington – Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies minor and grad certificate
• University of Texas at Austin
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, master’s, dual degree master’s, graduate certificate
  • Women’s and Gender Studies minor
  • LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies certificate
• University of Texas at Dallas – Gender Studies minor
• University of Texas at El Paso
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor
  • Women’s Studies graduate certificate
• University of Texas at San Antonio – Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg – Gender and Women’s Studies minor and certificate
• University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa – Women’s Studies minor
• University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio – Women’s and Gender Studies concentration degree
• West Texas A&M University, Canyon – Gender Studies certificate

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Utah

• Brigham Young University, Provo – Global Women’s Studies minor
• The University of Utah, Salt Lake City – Gender Studies major, minor, and grad certificate
• Utah State University, Logan
  • Intersectional Gender Studies minor
  • Sexuality Studies minor
• Utah Tech University, St. George – Gender Studies minor
• Utah Valley University, Orem – Gender Studies minor
• Westminster University, Salt Lake City – Gender Studies minor

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Vermont

• Middlebury College, Middlebury – Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major
• Saint Michael’s College, Colchester – Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Vermont State University, Randolph Center – Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies minor
• University of Vermont, Burlington
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
  • Sexuality and Gender Identity Studies minor

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Virginia

• Averett University, Danville – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Christopher Newport University, Newport News – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• College of William & Mary, Williamsburg – Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg – Gender Studies minor
• Emory & Henry University, Emory – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• George Mason University, Fairfax
  • Women and Gender Studies graduate certificate, graduate concentration, undergraduate concentration, and minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Hollins University, Roanoke – Gender and Women’s Studies major and minor
• James Madison University, Harrisonburg – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Longwood University, Farmville – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Marymount University, Arlington – Gender & Society minor
• Old Dominion University, Norfolk
  • Women’s Studies major, minor, and graduate certificate
  • Queer Studies minor
• Radford University, Radford – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Randolph-Macon College, Ashland – Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor
• Randolph College, Lynchburg – Gender Studies minor
• Shenandoah University, Winchester – Gender & Women’s Studies minor
• University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
• University of Richmond, Richmond – Gender and Sexuality Studies major, minor
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville – Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies major, minor, graduate certificate
• University of Virginia’s College at Wise – Women’s Studies minor
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
  • Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies major and minor, graduate certificate
  • LGBT+ and Queer Studies minor
  • Gender, Sexuality and Health micro-credential
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
  • Women’s and Gender Studies minor
  • Gender, Science, and Technology minor
• Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach – Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Washington and Lee University, Lexington – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor

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Washington

• Central Washington University, Ellensburg – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Clark College, Vancouver – Women’s Studies concentration
• Eastern Washington University, Cheney
  • Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies major
  • Sexuality & Queer Studies minor
  • Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Gonzaga University, Spokane – Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major
• Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma
  • Gender and Sexuality minor
  • Gender, Sexuality & Race Studies major
• Pacific University, Forest Grove – Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• Saint Martin’s University, multiple campuses – Women’s, Gender, and Ethnic Studies major
• Seattle Pacific University, Seattle – Women’s Studies minor
• Seattle University, Seattle
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• Shoreline Community College, Shoreline – Gender & Women’s Studies pre-major
• University of Puget Sound, Tacoma – Gender and Queer Studies minor, major
• University of Washington, Seattle
  • Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Feminist Studies doctorate, graduate certificate
  • Sexuality & Queer Studies graduate certificate
• Washington State University, multiple campuses
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
  • Women’s Studies minor
  • Queer Studies minor
• Western Washington University, Bellingham – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• Whitman College, Walla Walla –  Gender Studies major
• Whitworth University, Spokane – Women’s & Gender Studies minor

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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

• Bethany College, Bethany – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Concord University, Athens – Women’s & Gender Studies minor
• Fairmont State University, Fairmont – Women’s Studies minor
• Marshall University, Huntington – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• Shepherd University, Shepherdstown – Gender and Women’s Studies minor
• West Virginia University, Morgantown
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major and minor, graduate certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies minor
• West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon – Gender Studies major

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Wisconsin

• Beloit College, Beloit – Critical Identity Studies major and minor
• Carroll University, Waukesha – Women and Gender Studies minor
• Carthage College, Kenosha – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• Lakeland University, Plymouth – Social Justice Studies major and minor
• Lawrence University, Appleton – Gender Studies major and minor
• Madison College, Madison – Gender and Women’s Studies certificate
• Marquette University, Milwaukee – Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexualities Studies major and minor
• Ripon College, Ripon – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor
• St. Norbert College, De Pere – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, minor, and certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate
  • Women of Color Feminisms certificate
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate
• University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor
  • Social Justice minor
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Gender & Women’s Studies doctorate, doctoral minor, graduate certificate, major, and undergraduate certificate (previously had a master’s program)
  • LGBTQ+ Studies certificate
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, master’s, graduate certificate, joint degree master’s
• University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and certificate
  • LGBTQ+ Studies certificate
• University of Wisconsin-Parkside – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  • LGBTQ+ Studies certificate
  • Women and Gender Studies minor and certificate
• University of Wisconsin-River Falls – Women’s, Gender and Sexualities Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point – Women’s and Gender Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Stout – Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Superior – Gender Studies minor
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Women’s and Gender Studies major, minor, and certificate
  • Diversity Leadership certificate
  • LGBTQ Studies certificate

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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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Online

• Antioch University – Women in Leadership graduate certificates
• University of Maryland Global Campus – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies certificate

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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

• Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham – Gender and Women’s Studies minor (College closed 2024)

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

• Loretto Heights College, Denver – Women’s Studies minor (College closed 1988)

Connecticut

• Hartford College for Women, University of Hartford – Women’s Studies Program (college closed in 2003)
• Three Rivers Community College – Women’s Studies certificate
• Union Graduate School, New Haven – Women’s Studies doctoral emphasis

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

• Concordia University Chicago – Women’s and Gender Studies master’s and graduate certificate

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

• Emporia State University, Emporia – Ethnic and Gender Studies 

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

• McNeese State University, Lake Charles – Humanities, Women and Gender Studies, BA

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

• Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids – Women’s Studies (now has a Diversity Studies certificate and classes focused on women’s issues)

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

• College of St. Elizabeth (now St. Elizabeth University), Florham Park – Women’s Studies minor

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

• Notre Dame College, South Euclid – Women’s Studies minor (college closed in 2024)

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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