Transgender-Inclusive Benefits: Colleges & Universities

This page is part of a set of resources for employers to implement transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage. See "Transgender-Inclusive Benefits for Employees and Dependents" for the complete set of resources.

12/21/2010

A newer area of focus on colleges and campuses is ensuring that health insurance policies provide transgender-inclusive coverage.  The following should be regarded as a minimum list; additional other institutions provide such coverage but have not reported it.

Employee Health Plans: transgender-inclusive coverage

Some colleges and universities with employee plans that provide minimum or better transgender-inclusive coverage including at least some transition-related surgeries (15 TOTAL):

• American University
• City University of New York (CUNY)
• Harvard University
• University of California Berkeley
• University of California Davis
• University of California Irvine
• University of California Los Angeles
• University of California Merced
• University of California Riverside
• University of California San Diego
• University of California San Francisco
• University of California Santa Barbara
• University of California Santa Cruz
• University of Michigan
• Yale University

Student Health Plans: transgender-inclusive coverage

Colleges and universities with student health plans that provide minimum or better transgender-inclusive coverage including at least some transition-related surgeries.

• California Institute of Technology (Fall 2010)
• Cornell University (Fall 2011)
• Emerson College (Fall 2007)
• Emory University (Summer 2010)
• Grinnell College (Fall 2014)
• Harvard University (2010, 2012)
• New York University
• Portland State University (Fall 2008)
• Stanford University (Fall 2010)
• The University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
• University of California Berkeley
• University of California Davis
• University of California Irvine
• University of California Los Angeles
• University of California Riverside
• University of California San Diego
• University of California San Francisco
• University of California Santa Barbara
• University of California Santa Cruz
• University of Connecticut (Fall 2010)
• University of Michigan (Fall 2007 - all students; Jan 2006 Grad Student Employees)
• University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2010)
• University of Vermont
• University of Washington (Fall 2008; updated 2011)
• Washington University in St. Louis covers surgical services only, and not hormone therapy.
   

Student Health Plans: limited coverage

This is a partial list of colleges and universities with student health plans that provide much more limited access to needed health care: hormone therapy but not medically necessary surgical procedures related to sex reassignment. 

• American University
• Bridgewater State University
• Ithaca College
• Lewis and Clark
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ohio State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Princeton University
• Reed College
• Suffolk University
• University of Chicago
• University of New Hampshire
• University of Oregon
• University of Southern California
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Vassar College
• Yale University