Graduate Programs

There are many places to pursue graduate level training in gender, sexuality and women’s studies to extend what you have learned at Loyola. The list below of Graduate Certificate, Masters degree and PhD programs in feminism, gender, sexuality and/or women's studies in the USA is an edited and updated version of University of Maryland Baltimore County professor Joan Korenman's 2020 definitive list of undergraduate and graduate programs and research centers inside and outside of the USA. Bookmark this page or print out a copy when you set up a meeting with your advisor to talk about the places you are considering further study. This is especially important if your advisor does not teach in the Loyola G&SS program.

American University (DC) - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

American University (DC) - Washington College of Law

LL.M. degree with a specialization in Gender and the Law; Program on Gender, Work, and Family.

Bowling Green State University (OH) - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

Brandeis University (MA) - Women's and Gender Studies

Joint M.A. with ten different Ph.D programs and a joint M.A. in five M.A. programs

Bridgewater State College (MA) - Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate

California Institute of Integral Studies

M.A. and Ph.D. in Women's Spirituality

City University of New York - Center for the Study of Women and Society

Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies; M.A. in Women's and Gender Studies

Claremont Graduate University (CA) - Applied Women's Studies

Masters in Applied Women's Studies

Claremont Graduate University (CA) - Women's Studies in Religion

M.A. and Ph. D. in Women's Studies in Religion

Clark Atlanta University (GA) - Africana Women's Studies Program

M.A. in Africana Women's Studies; Ph.D. in the Humanities with concentration on Africana Women's Studies

Columbia University (NY) - Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Certificate in Feminist Scholarship

DePaul University (IL) - Women's and Gender Studies

M.A. in Women's and Gender Studies; joint MSW/MA in Women's and Gender Studies; Graduate Certificate Program

Duke University (NC) - Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies for students enrolled in graduate Ph.D. programs at Duke

Duquesne University (PA) - Center for Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Eastern Michigan University - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies

Emory University (GA) - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ph.D in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton - Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Florida State University - Women's Studies Program

Women's Studies minor available for M.A. and Ph.D. students

George Mason University (VA) - Women and Gender Studies Program

M.A.I.S. with concentration in Women and Gender Studies

George Washington University (DC) - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M.A. in WGSS and in Public Policy with a concentration in WSSS; Ph.D Concentration in Public Policy, Gender and Social Policy; Graduate Certificate in WGSS; and more

Georgia State University - Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate and M.A. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Harvard University (MA) - Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Graduate Secondary Field in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Illinois State University - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Indiana University - Gender Studies

Ph.D and Ph.D. Minor in Gender Studies

Iowa State University - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate Minor

Jewish Theological Seminary (NY) - Jewish Gender and Women's Studies

M.A. Program in Jewish Gender and Women's Studies

Kansas State University - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

Lehigh University (PA) - Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in WGSS

Loyola University (IL) - Women's Studies and Gender Studies Program

Several M.A.s in Women's Studies/Gender Studies

Minnesota State University, Mankato - Gender & Women's Studies Department

M.S./M.A. in Gender & Women's Studies

The New School for Social Research (NY) - Gender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate

North Carolina State University - Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate minor in Women's and Gender Studies

North Dakota State University - Women and Gender Studies

Graduate Emphasis

Northern Illinois University - Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Graduate Certificates in Women's & Gender Studies, LGBT Studies, and Law and Women's Studies

Northwestern University (IL) - Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies

Ohio State University - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M.A. and Ph. D. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ohio University - Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Old Dominion University (VA) - Department of Women's Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

Oregon State University - Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M. A., Ph.D. in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dual-title Masters and Ph.D. in Women's Studies

Purdue University (IN) - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Concentration in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Rice University (TX) - Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Graduate Certificate

Rutgers University (NJ) - Women's and Gender Studies

M. A., Ph. D., and Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Saint Louis University (MO) - Department of Women's and Gender Studies

M.A. and combined J.D./M.A. in Women's and Gender Studies

San Diego State University (CA) - Women's Studies Department

M.A. in Women's Studies

San Francisco State University (CA) - Department of Women and Gender Studies

M.A. in Women and Gender Studies

Sarah Lawrence College (NY) - Gender and Sexuality Studies

M. A. in Women's History

Simmons University (MA) - Department of Women's and Gender Studies

M.A. in Gender and Cultural Studies

Southern Connecticut State University - Women's Studies Program

M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

Southern Methodist University (TX) - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Stanford University (CA) - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ph.D. minor for students pursuing Ph.D. in other fields

Stony Brook University (NY) - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate certificate, M.A., and Ph.D. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

SUNY at Albany - Women's Studies Department

M. A. in Women's Studies; Graduate Certificate in Women and Public Policy

SUNY, The College at Brockport - Women and Gender Studies Program

Focus on Women and Gender Studies possible in M.A. in Liberal Studies

Syracuse University (NY) - Department of Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Temple University (PA) - Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Texas A & M University - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Texas Tech University - Women's Studies Program

M.A. concentration in Women's Studies through Interdisciplinary Studies

Texas Woman's University - Department of Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate, M.A., and Ph.D. in Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies

Towson University (MD) - Department of Women's and Gender Studies

Applied M.S. in Women's and Gender Studies; Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

Tulane University (LA) - Gender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies

University at Buffalo - Department of Global Gender Studies

M.A. and Ph.D in Global Gender Studies

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Department of Gender and Race Studies

M.A. in Women's Studies

University of Arizona - Gender and Women's Studies

Ph.D., joint MA/JD, graduate minor, graduate certificate in Gender and Women's Studies

University of California at Berkeley - Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality undertaken along with a Ph.D. Program in a degree granting department

University of California at Davis - Women and Gender Studies

Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research offered in conjunction with selected Ph.D. programs

University of California Irvine - Gender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Emphasis in Feminist Studies.

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Gender Studies Department

Ph.D. and Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies

University of California at Santa Barbara - Department of Feminist Studies

Ph.D., dual M.A./Ph.D., and doctoral emphasis in Feminist Studies

University of California at Santa Cruz - Feminist Studies Department

Graduate Emphasis - students may obtain a "Parenthetical Notation" in Feminist Studies on their Ph.D. degree in the following fields: Anthropology, History, History of Consciousness, Literature, Psychology, Sociology

University of Chicago (IL) - Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies

University of Cincinnati (OH) - Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M.A., joint M.A./J.D. and M.A./Ph.D., and Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Colorado, Denver - Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

University of Connecticut - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Florida - Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research

M.A., Joint M.A./J.D., and Graduate Certificate

University of Georgia - Institute for Women's Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

University of Hawaii at Manoa - Department of Women's Studies

Graduate Certificate

University of Houston (TX) - Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

University of Illinois at Chicago - Gender and Women's Studies

Graduate Concentration

University of Illinois at Springfield - Department of Women and Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Gender and Women's Studies

Graduate Minor

University of Iowa - Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies

University of Kansas - Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Graduate Certificate and Ph.D. in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Kentucky - Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Graduate Certificate and Ph.D. in Gender and Women's Studies

University of Maine, Orono - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Interdisciplinary Graduate Concentration in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies

University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Women's Studies

Ph.D. in Women's Studies; Graduate Certificate for students enrolled in participating graduate programs

University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Women's Studies Program

Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies. Interdisciplinary Program in a disciplinary Masters or Doctoral degree granting program

University of Memphis (TN) - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Joint Ph. D. offered in Women's and gender Studies Studies and any of the following fields: Psychology, English, Sociology, History. Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies; the Certificate can be combined with a Masters or Doctoral degree.

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

Ph.D in Feminist Studies; Graduate Minor in Feminist & Critical Sexuality Studies

University of Missouri - Columbia - Women's and Gender Studies Program

Graduate minor

University of Missouri, St. Louis - Institute for Women's and Gender Studies

Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

University of Nevada, Reno - Women's Studies Program

M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Gender, Race, and Identity

University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Women's & Gender Studies Program

Graduate Certificate and M.A. in Women's & Gender Studies

University of Northern Iowa - Women's and Gender Studies Program

M. A. in Women's and Gender Studies