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Graduate School Resources



  • - List of various graduate schools and programs in the United States and internationally.
  • - List of schools offering Women’s Studies programs (not specifically grad schools)


California programs

  • - Dept. of Gender and Women’s Studies, (must be accepted into an existing Ph.D. program at UC Berkeley)
  • - Independent M.A. and Ph.D. programs, and doctoral emphasis offered in Feminist Studies.
  • - GSW Studies does not offer MA or PhD programs, but offers designated emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research with other graduate programs, such as Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Education, English, Psychology, Sociology, and more.
  • - Concentration in gender and sexuality studies for USC students in graduate or professional programs.


United States Ph.D. Programs

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

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

Ph.D. in gender studies

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

, Ph.D. women's, gender and sexuality studies

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

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

Ph.D. in gender and women's studies

Ph.D. Global Gender Studies

Ph.D. in gender studies

Ph.D. in feminist studies

Ph.D. in feminist studies

Ph.D. in women, gender, and sexuality studies

Ph.D. in women's studies

, Ph.D. in

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


United States M.A. programs

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

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

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

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

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

M.A. in Jewish women's studies

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

M.S. in women's studies

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

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

M.A. in women's studies

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

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

M.A. in women's studies and a graduate certificate in women's studies

M.A. in women's, gender sexuality studies

M.A. in Woman's Studies

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

, Tuscaloosa M.A. in women's studies

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

Self-designed, interdisciplinary M.A. in women's studies

Graduate Certificate in women's, gender and sexuality studies

M.A. in women's and gender studies

interdisciplinary M.A. program in women's studies

M.A. in women's studies

M.A. in women's studies

M.A. in women's studies/gender studies


Combined Degrees

  • Dual JD/ MA WGST

J.D./M.A. in women's studies

J.D./M.A. in Women's History and Law

J.D./M.A. in women's studies

J.D./M.A. in women's studies

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. - M.A. program in Gender and Women’s Studies
  2. - Ph.D. Minor degree in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  3. - MA degree in the History of Women and Gender
  4. - Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies