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Department ofGender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Programs

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Graduate School Resources


California programs


United States Ph.D. Programs

Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, CA) Ph.D. and M.A. in women's studies in religion

Emory University (Atlanta, GA) Ph.D. in women's studies

Indiana University, Bloomington Ph.D. in gender studies

Ohio State University, Ph.D. and M.A. in women's, gender and sexuality studies

Oregon State University, Ph.D. women's, gender and sexuality studies

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) Ph.D. in women's and gender studies

Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY) Ph.D. in women's and gender and sexuality studies

University of Arizona Ph.D. in gender and women's studies

University of Buffalo Ph.D. Global Gender Studies

University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. in gender studies

University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D. in feminist studies

University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. in feminist studies

University of Kansas, Lawrence Ph.D. in women, gender, and sexuality studies

University of Kentucky, Lexington Ph.D. in women's studies

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Ph.D. in feminist studies

University of Washington, Seattle, Ph.D. and M.A. in gender, women's and sexuality studies


United States M.A. programs

Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) M.A. in women's, gender and sexuality studies

DePaul University (Chicago, IL) M.A. in women's and gender studies

Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL) M.A. and graduate certificate in women's studies

George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women and Gender Studies

George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) M.A. in women's studies; M.A. in public policy with a concentration in women's studies

Jewish Theological Seminary M.A. in Jewish women's studies

Loyola University, Chicago M.A. in women's studies, and a three-course graduate certificate; Mary Griffin Graduate Scholarship in WST available to one full-time graduate student in the program

Minnesota State University M.S. in women's studies

Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) M.A. in women's studies

San Diego State University (San Diego, CA) M.A. in women's studies

San Francisco State University M.A. in women's studies

Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, New York) M.A. in women's history

Simmons College (Boston, MA) Interdisciplinary M.A. program in gender/cultural studies

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven M.A. in women's studies and a graduate certificate in women's studies

State University of New York, Albany M.A. in women's, gender sexuality studies

Texas Woman's University M.A. in Woman's Studies

Towson University (Maryland) M.S. in women's and gender studies

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa M.A. in women's studies

University of Florida M.A. and M.W.S. in gender, sexuality and women's studies

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Self-designed, interdisciplinary M.A. in women's studies

University of Iowa, Iowa City Graduate Certificate in women's, gender and sexuality studies

University of Louisville M.A. in women's and gender studies

University of Memphis interdisciplinary M.A. program in women's studies

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls M.A. in women's studies

University of South Florida, Tampa M.A. in women's studies

University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A. in women's studies/gender studies


Combined Degrees

  • Dual JD/ MA WGST

George Washington University J.D./M.A. in women's studies

Pace University and Sarah Lawrence College J.D./M.A. in Women's History and Law

University of Arizona J.D./M.A. in women's studies

University of Cincinnati J.D./M.A. in women's studies

University of Florida J.D./M.A. in women's studies

  • There are many MPH programs that allow people to specialize in areas of women’s health but I was not able to find a dual degree. If we want this included I can make a list of those programs but it may not be pertinent


Top Women’s/Gender/Sexuality Grad Schools (according to U.S. News):

  1. UC Santa Barbara
  2. UC Berkeley
  3. University of Wisconsin- Madison - M.A. program in Gender and Women’s Studies
  4. Stanford University - Ph.D. Minor degree in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  5. New York University - MA degree in the History of Women and Gender
  6. University of Massachusetts- Amherst - Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies