A Ranking of Political Science Departments at

417 Four-Year Colleges and Universities in the United States

With Regard to How Lesbian-and-Gay-Friendly

Their Core Faculty Members Are

(as of February 2012)

Created by

Daniel R. Pinello

Professor

Department of Political Science

John Jay College of Criminal Justice of

The City University of New York

The Alphabetical List of Ranked Schools

Viewers interested in the rank of a particular college or university should use this list. Then they may employ the school’s rank to identify gay-and-lesbian-friendly professors on the campus of interest by looking at the ranking itself.

For example, if a high school senior wants to identify core faculty in the Government Department at Harvard University who are sympathetic to the civil rights of sexual minorities, that senior will discover on this alphabetical list that Harvard’s rank is 282^nd. Then the senior will go to the ranking and scroll down to the 282^nd Place to find the name of the one Harvard government professor identified here as lesbian-and-gay-friendly.

Note that 135 of the 417 ranked schools have no core faculty members who are identified as sympathetic to the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans. Thus, those 135 institutions are tied for last place.

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Agnes Scott College: Tied for 55^th Place.

Alfred University: Tied for 151^st Place.

Allegheny College: Tied for 69^th Place.

American University: 116^th Place.

Amherst College: Tied for 86^th Place.

Arizona State University: 120^th Place.

Auburn University: Tied for 106^th Place.

Babson College: Tied for 126^th Place.

Ball State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bard College: Tied for 212^th Place.

Barnard College: Tied for 84^th Place.

Baruch College, CUNY: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bates College: Eighteenth Place.

Beloit College: Tied for 67^th Place.

Binghamton University, SUNY: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Black Hills State University: Tied for 131^st Place.

Bloomsburg University: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Boston College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Boston University: Tied for 109^th Place.

Bowdoin College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bowling Green State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bradley University: Tied for 67^th Place.

Brandeis University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bridgewater State College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Brooklyn College, CUNY: Tied for 42^nd Place.

Brown University: 49^th Place.

Bryant University: Tied for 131^st Place.

Bryn Mawr College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Bucknell University: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Buffalo State College, SUNY: Tied for 188^th Place.

California Institute of Technology: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California Polytechnic State University: Tied for 89^th Place.

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona: Tied for 203^rd Place.

California State University-Bakersfield: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Channel Islands: Tied for 151^st Place.

California State University-Chico: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-East Bay: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Fresno: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Fullerton: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Long Beach: Tied for 42^nd Place.

California State University-Los Angeles: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Northridge: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-Sacramento: Tied for 235^th Place.

California State University-San Bernardino: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

California State University-San Marcos: Tied for 195^th Place.

California State University-Stanislaus: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Capital University: Tied for 139^th Place.

Carleton College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Case Western Reserve University: Tied for 203^rd Place.

Catholic University of America: Tied for 230^th Place.

Central College: Tied for 131^st Place.

Central Connecticut State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Central Michigan University: Tied for 259^th Place.

Chapman University: Tied for 36^th Place.

CUNY Baruch College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

CUNY Brooklyn College: Tied for 42^nd Place.

CUNY City College of New York: Tied for 95^th Place.

CUNY College of Staten Island: Tied for 62^nd Place.

CUNY Graduate Center: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

CUNY Hunter College: Ninth Place.

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice: 21^st Place.

CUNY Lehman College: Tied for 163^rd Place.

CUNY Queens College: Tied for 262^nd Place.

Claremont Graduate University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Claremont McKenna College: Tied for 262^nd Place.

Clark College (State of Washington): Tied for 126^th Place.

Clark University: Tied for 195^th Place.

Clarkson University: Tied for 53^rd Place.

Cleveland State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Colby College: Tied for 195^th Place.

Colgate University: Tied for 99^th Place.

College of Staten Island, CUNY: Tied for 62^nd Place.

College of the Holy Cross: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

College of William and Mary: Tenth Place.

Colorado College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Colorado State University-Fort Collins: Tied for 99^th Place.

Columbia University: 123^rd Place.

Connecticut College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Cornell University: Sixth Place.

Cuesta College: Tied for 151^st Place.

Dartmouth College: 272^nd Place.

Deep Springs College: Tied for 124^th Place.

Delta College: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Denison University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

DePaul University: Thirteenth Place.

Dickinson College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Dowling College: Tied for 126^th Place.

Drake University: Tied for 79^th Place.

Drew University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Drexel University: Tied for 79^th Place.

Duke University: 119^th Place.

Duquesne University: Tied for 195^th Place.

Eastern Illinois University: Tied for 212^th Place.

Eastern Kentucky University: Tied for 89^th Place.

Eastern Michigan University: Tied for 44^th Place.

Eckerd College: Tied for 58^th Place.

Elon University: Tied for 230^th Place.

Emory University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Fairfield University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Fitchburg State University: Tied for 139^th Place.

Florida Atlantic University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Florida International University: 276^th Place.

Florida State University: Tied for 106^th Place.

Fordham University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Framingham State University: Tied for 131^st Place.

Francis Marion University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Franklin and Marshall College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Frostburg State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

George Mason University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

George Washington University: 121^st Place.

Georgetown University: 27^th Place.

Georgia Gwinnett College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Georgia State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Gettysburg College: Tied for 84^th Place.

Goucher College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Graduate Center, CUNY: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Grand Valley State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Grinnell College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Guilford College: Tied for 139^th Place.

Hamilton College: 41^st Place.

Hampshire College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Hartwick College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Harvard University: 282^nd Place.

Haverford College: Tied for 188^th Place.

Hendrix College: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Hillsdale College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Tied for 75^th Place.

Hofstra University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Hollins University: Tied for 58^th Place.

Hope College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Howard University: 271^st Place.

Humboldt State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Hunter College, CUNY: Ninth Place.

Illinois State University: Tied for 246^th Place.

Illinois Wesleyan University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Indiana State University: Tied for 203^rd Place.

Indiana University-Bloomington: 28^th Place.

Indiana University-South Bend: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Indiana University-Southeast: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Iowa State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Ithaca College: Tied for 89^th Place.

Jacksonville University: Tied for 53^rd Place.

James Madison University: Tied for 274^th Place.

John Carroll University: Tied for 75^th Place.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY: 21^st Place.

Johns Hopkins University: Second Place.

Kalamazoo College: 57^th Place.

Kansas State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Kean University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Kennesaw State University: Tied for 257^th Place.

Kent State University: Tied for 246^th Place.

Kenyon College: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Knox College: Tied for 62^nd Place.

Kutztown University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Lafayette College: Tied for 212^th Place.

Lake Forest College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Lawrence University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Lehigh University: Tied for 86^th Place.

Lehman College, CUNY: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Lewis and Clark College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Lock Haven University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Long Island University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Loyola Marymount University: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Loyola University Chicago: Tied for 255^th Place.

Macalester College: Tied for 195^th Place.

Manchester College: Tied for 126^th Place.

Marian University: Tied for 55^th Place.

Marist College: Tied for 69^th Place.

Marquette University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Marshall University: Tied for 188^th Place.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Tied for 266^th Place.

Mercer University: 33^rd Place.

Miami University (Ohio): Tied for 259^th Place.

Michigan State University: 279^th Place.

Middlebury College: Tied for 99^th Place.

Millersville University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Mills College: Tied for 131^st Place.

Minnesota State University-Mankato: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Missouri State University: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Monmouth College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Monmouth University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Montana State University: Tied for 69^th Place.

Montclair State University: Tied for 216^th Place.

Moravian College: Tied for 139^th Place.

Mount Holyoke College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Muhlenberg College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Murray State University: Tied for 195^th Place.

Naval Postgraduate School: 118^th Place.

New Mexico State University: Tied for 216^th Place.

New School for Social Research: Tied for 39^th Place.

New York University: 281^st Place.

Niagara University: Tied for 151^st Place.

North Carolina State University: Tied for 268^th Place.

North Central College: Tied for 139^th Place.

North Dakota State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Northeastern Illinois University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Northeastern University: Tied for 109^th Place.

Northern Arizona University: Tied for 246^th Place.

Northern Illinois University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Northern Kentucky University: Tied for 257^th Place.

Northern Michigan University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Northwestern University: Seventh Place.

Oakland University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Oberlin College: First Place.

Occidental College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Ohio State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Ohio University: Tied for 266^th Place.

Ohio Wesleyan University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Oklahoma State University: Tied for 250^th Place.

Oregon State University: Tied for 79^th Place.

Pennsylvania State University-Erie: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Pennsylvania State University-University Park: Tied for 113^th Place.

Pepperdine University: Tied for 69^th Place.

Pitzer College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Pomona College: Tied for 36^th Place.

Portland State University: Tied for 203^rd Place.

Princeton University: Tied for 31^st Place.

Providence College: Tied for 230^th Place.

Purchase College, SUNY: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Purdue University: Tied for 106^th Place.

Queens College, CUNY: Tied for 262^nd Place.

Quinnipiac University: Tied for 62^nd Place.

Ramapo College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Reed College: Tied for 151^st Place.

Rhode Island College: Tied for 195^th Place.

Rice University: Tied for 255^th Place.

Richard Stockton College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Rider University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Roanoke College: Tied for 62^nd Place.

Rowan University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Rutgers University-Camden: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick: 50^th Place.

Rutgers University-Newark: Tied for 216^th Place.

Saginaw Valley State University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Saint Anselm College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

St. Bonaventure University: Tied for 139^th Place.

St. Cloud State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

St. John’s University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Saint Joseph College (Connecticut): Tied for 124^th Place.

St. Lawrence University: Tied for 79^th Place.

Saint Louis University: Tied for 230^th Place.

Saint Mary's College (California): Tied for 151^st Place.

Saint Mary's College (Indiana): Tied for 151^st Place.

St. Mary's College of Maryland: 34^th Place.

St. Olaf College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Saint Peter's College: Tied for 131^st Place.

Salem State University: Tied for 62^nd Place.

San Francisco State University: Tied for 97^th Place.

San Diego State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

San Jose State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Santa Clara University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Sarah Lawrence College: Tied for 139^th Place.

Scripps College: Tied for 58^th Place.

Seton Hall University: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Shippensburg University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Siena College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Simmons College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Skidmore College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Slippery Rock University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Smith College: Tied for 46^th Place.

Sonoma State University: Tied for 36^th Place.

Southern Connecticut State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Southern Methodist University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Southwestern College (Kansas): Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Stanford University: 278^th Place.

SUNY Albany: 22^nd Place.

SUNY Binghamton: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY Brockport: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY Buffalo: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY Buffalo State College: Tied for 188^th Place.

SUNY Cortland: Tied for 188^th Place.

SUNY Fredonia: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY Geneseo: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY New Paltz: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

SUNY Oneonta: Tied for 163^rd Place.

SUNY Oswego: Tied for 203^rd Place.

SUNY Plattsburgh: Tied for 172^nd Place.

SUNY Potsdam: Tied for 163^rd Place.

SUNY Purchase: Tied for 163^rd Place.

Stony Brook University, SUNY: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Suffolk University: Tied for 216^th Place.

Swarthmore College: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Syracuse University: 277^th Place.

Temple University: Tied for 109^th Place.

Texas A&M University: 29^th Place.

Texas Woman's University: Tied for 151^st Place.

Thiel College: Tied for 131^st Place.

Trinity College (Connecticut): Tied for 75^th Place.

Trinity University: Tied for 188^th Place.

Tufts University: Tied for 46^th Place.

Union College: Tied for 39^th Place.

University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa: Tied for 253^rd Place.

University at Albany, SUNY: 22^nd Place.

University at Buffalo, SUNY: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Akron: Tied for 89^th Place.

University of Arizona: Tied for 99^th Place.

University of Arkansas-Fayetteville: Tied for 235^th Place.

University of California-Berkeley: Seventeenth Place.

University of California-Davis: Tied for 262^nd Place.

University of California-Irvine: Third Place.

University of California-Los Angeles: 122^nd Place.

University of California-Riverside: Tied for 46^th Place.

University of California-San Diego: Tied for Fifteenth Place.

University of California-Santa Barbara: Twentieth Place.

University of California-Santa Cruz: Fourth Place.

University of Chicago: Fifth Place.

University of Cincinnati: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Colorado-Boulder: 273^rd Place.

University of Colorado-Denver: Tied for 163^rd Place.

University of Connecticut-Storrs: Fourteenth Place.

University of Dayton: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Delaware: Tied for 103^rd Place.

University of Denver: Tied for 69^th Place.

University of Florida: Tied for Fifteenth Place.

University of Georgia: Tied for 259^th Place.

University of Hartford: Tied for 151^st Place.

University of Hawai'i-Hilo: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Hawai'i-Manoa: Tied for 103^rd Place.

University of Houston: Tied for 268^th Place.

University of Idaho: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Illinois-Chicago: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Illinois-Springfield: Tied for 86^th Place.

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign: 117^th Place.

University of Iowa: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Kansas: Tied for 262^nd Place.

University of Kentucky: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Louisville: Tied for 253^rd Place.

University of Maine-Orono: Tied for 172^nd Place.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Maryland-College Park: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Eighth Place.

University of Massachusetts-Boston: Tied for 222^nd Place.

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Tied for 203^rd Place.

University of Memphis: Tied for 195^th Place.

University of Miami: Tied for 216^th Place.

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: 51^st Place.

University of Michigan-Dearborn: Tied for 203^rd Place.

University of Michigan-Flint: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Minnesota-Duluth: Tied for 79^th Place.

University of Minnesota-Morris: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Eleventh Place.

University of Missouri-Columbia: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Missouri-Kansas City: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Missouri-St. Louis: Tied for 241^st Place.

University of Montana: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Nebraska-Kearney: Tied for 188^th Place.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Nebraska-Omaha: Tied for 203^rd Place.

University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Tied for 235^th Place.

University of Nevada-Reno: Tied for 216^th Place.

University of New England: Tied for 139^th Place.

University of New Hampshire: Tied for 89^th Place.

University of New Mexico: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of North Carolina-Asheville: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: 30^th Place.

University of North Carolina-Charlotte: Tied for 268^th Place.

University of North Carolina-Greensboro: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of North Carolina-Wilmington: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of North Dakota: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of North Florida: Tied for 203^rd Place.

University of North Texas: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Northern Colorado: Tied for 163^rd Place.

University of Northern Iowa: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Oklahoma: Tied for 25^th Place.

University of Oregon: Tied for 44^th Place.

University of Pennsylvania: Tied for 25^th Place.

University of Pittsburgh: Tied for 109^th Place.

University of Puget Sound: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Redlands: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Rhode Island: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Richmond: Tied for 97^th Place.

University of Rochester: Tied for 103^rd Place.

University of San Francisco: Nineteenth Place.

University of Scranton: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of South Carolina: 115^th Place.

University of South Dakota: Tied for 241^st Place.

University of South Florida: 24^th Place.

University of Southern California: Tied for 241^st Place.

University of Southern Maine: Tied for 172^nd Place.

University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Tied for 250^th Place.

University of Texas-Austin: 52^nd Place.

University of Texas-El Paso: Tied for 89^th Place.

University of Texas-San Antonio: Tied for 235^th Place.

University of the Pacific: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Utah: Tied for 113^th Place.

University of Vermont: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Virginia: Twelfth Place.

University of Washington-Seattle: Tied for 274^th Place.

University of Wisconsin-Madison: 280^th Place.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Tied for 139^th Place.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville: Tied for 139^th Place.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: 35^th Place.

University of Wyoming: Tied for 230^th Place.

Vanderbilt University: 23^rd Place.

Vassar College: Tied for 235^th Place.

Villanova University: Tied for 241^st Place.

Virginia Polytechnic and State University: Tied for 246^th Place.

Wagner College: Tied for 58^th Place.

Wake Forest University: Tied for 241^st Place.

Washington College: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Washington State University-Pullman: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Washington State University-Vancouver: Tied for 151^st Place.

Washington University (St. Louis): Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Wayne State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Wellesley College: Tied for 95^th Place.

Wesleyan College (Georgia): Tied for 131^st Place.

Wesleyan University: Tied for 250^th Place.

West Chester University: Tied for 212^th Place.

West Texas A&M University: Tied for 151^st Place.

Western Carolina University: Tied for 75^th Place.

Western Oregon University: Tied for 139^th Place.

Western Washington University: Tied for 222^nd Place.

Westfield State University: Tied for 151^st Place.

Wheaton College (Massachusetts): Tied for 172^nd Place.

Whitman College: Tied for 188^th Place.

Wilkes University: Tied for 139^th Place.

Willamette University: Tied for 69^th Place.

Williams College: Tied for 235^th Place.

Wittenberg University: Tied for 172^nd Place.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Tied for 126^th Place.

Wright State University: Tied for last place among 417 schools.

Yale University: Tied for 31^st Place.

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