Emerson College in Boston has been named the nation's most LGBTQ-friendly college by the Princeton Review for the third consecutive year.
The Princeton Review recently ranked colleges based on reviews from 136,000 students at 380 top colleges. Students were asked to rate their schools on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences. The rankings revealed last week that Emerson College, known for its safe and welcoming campus culture, was the most LGBTQ-friendly college in the nation, USA Today reported.
The Boston-based college provides resources and offer support groups for the LGBTQ community on campus, including the Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Life and Emerson Association for Gays, Lesbians, and Everyone (EAGLE).
Emerson College also ranked highly in 11 other categories including "Best College Radio Station" and "Best College Theater."
"Our 62 ranking lists provide students with a way to see the types of colleges that could help them achieve their future goals and dreams," Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president-publisher, said in a statement. "Every college in our book has outstanding academics. While our purpose is not to crown one college academically 'best' overall or to rank the schools 1 to 380 on any single topic, our lists provide direct student feedback on the schools' campus culture, program offerings and cost. Our goal is to help applicants choose and get into their dream college -- the college best for them."
Top 10 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges
1. Emerson College (Boston, Mass.)
2. Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)
3. Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, N.Y.)
4. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
5. Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
6. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
7. Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)
8. College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, Maine)
9. Wellesley College (Wellesley, Mass.)
10. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wis.)
View the complete Top 20 list here.
The Princeton Review has released its annual college rankings in 62 categories on its website and "The Best 380 Colleges" Guidebook. It has published these rankings since 1992 in its annual Best Colleges guide.