Liberal Arts Colleges in Urban areas?

College Search & Selection
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The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students lists Oberlin as having ~60 members in its Lambda Union group. Wesleyan is not included in the book (not sure why).</p>

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<p>Someone told me that Wesleyan was a leading LGBT school but I guess they are wrong.</p>

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I’m sure many LGBT students would feel at home at Wesleyan. For detailed information, see Wesleyan’s profile at Campus Climate Index. It scored 4/5 stars and did reasonably well in the subcategories.</p>

<p>[LGBT-Friendly</a> Campus Climate Index - National Assessment Tool](<a href=“http://www.campusclimateindex.org%5DLGBT-Friendly”>http://www.campusclimateindex.org)</p>

<p>Also read these blurbs: [LGBT</a> life at Wesleyan](<a href=“http://www.planetout.com/people/features/2001/01/colleges/northeast.html#wesleyan]LGBT”>http://www.planetout.com/people/features/2001/01/colleges/northeast.html#wesleyan) and [LGBT</a> life at Oberlin](<a href=“http://www.planetout.com/people/features/2001/01/colleges/midwest.html#oberlin]LGBT”>http://www.planetout.com/people/features/2001/01/colleges/midwest.html#oberlin)</p>

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<p>■■■■
 i swear to god i was just about to ask what LGBT was

but then i was watching “The Real World: Brooklyn” and then some girl was like i think I’m the only LGBT person here and on the screen it showed what the acronym meant
 THAT WAS NUTS!!!</p>

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<p>Doers anyone know which other LACs besides Wesleyan and Oberlin have large LGBT populations relative to the the size of the school?</p>

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<p>Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>Is this question for reference 1980collegegrad?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure about raw numbers, but when I think about LACs well-known for accepting and welcoming gay students, I think of Amherst, Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Haverford, Kenyon, Lawrence, Macalester, Oberlin, Pomona, Reed, Smith, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams</p>

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<p>Pitzer is also very accepting of gay students.</p>

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<p>Swarthmore and Haverford are clearly in the burbs. And boring burbs at that.</p>

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<p>Lake Forest (right outside Chicago, but easily accessible by commuter train) is a vastly underrated school.</p>

<p>In Ohio–Denison and Ohio Wesleyan, as well as Wittenberg, come to mind.</p>

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<p>Boston College? Also, Brown feels like a LAC and it’s in Providence, which is relatively urban (although it is technically a university).</p>

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<p>Pomona is in Claremont. Occidental is in Eagle Rock. Both are decidedly suburban.</p>

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<p>Barnard (NYC, women only)
Eugene Lang (NYC)
Macalester (St. Paul)
Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
Rhodes (Memphis)</p>

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<p>January of 2009, over two years ago.</p>

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<p>haha can someone update some more please i’m applying this fall! Btw eugene lang’s location is absolutely ideal</p>

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<p>You can get that at some universities also. </p>

<p>UChicago core classes are capped at 20. Nice to see Unalove back in the saddle.</p>

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<p>Some more:</p>

<p>College of Charleston
Agnes Scott (Decatur, GA - Atlanta)
Rollins (Winter Park, FL - Orlando)
Butler (Indianapolis)
Emerson (Boston)
Trinity (Hartford)
St. John (Annapolis)
Goucher (Baltimore)
Reed; Lewis & Clark (Portland)</p>

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<p>Reed College in Portland
Trinity College in Hartford, CT</p>

<p>Maybe also Claremont schools, especially Pomona and Pitzer. They aren’t exactly in an urban area, but they’re a short drive from downtown LA.</p>

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<p>Other easy commute schools into a big city</p>

<p>Sarah Lawrence outside of NYC
Wheaton College half way between Providence and Boston
Mills College (if you are female) outside of San Francisco</p>