University of Oregon #1 Gay Friendly College!
Out of 230 universities, University of Oregon is the most gay friendly college in the country!
From the Oregonian:
Wave those rainbow flags, Oregon!
The University of Oregon tops a list of 230 universities in a new ranking of the most gay-friendly colleges in the nation, followed closely behind in 15th place by Oregon State University.
For ease of navigation, we’re sending you to the Huffington Post for some of the winners on Campus Pride’s 2010 Climate Index of gay-friendly colleges. For the full list at Campus Pride, a non-profit devoted to creating safer communities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender college students, check out this link.
Following the U of O in the top slot with 5 star rankings are Ohio State University and Oberlin.
Southern Oregon University and Willamette University came in with 4.5 out of five stars. Lewis & Clark got 4 stars and Eastern Oregon University received 2.5 stars.
Rankings were based on eight LGBT-Friendly factors, including support and institutional commitment, student life, academic life, housing, campus safety, counseling and health and recruitment and retention.
