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.
05/13/2020
For transgender and non-binary young adults, making the transition between high school and college can present challenges when searching for programs that also offer trans-inclusive healthcare. Without trans-inclusive healthcare coverage, some students may choose to put off or not to attend college. And for trans and non-binary students that do attend college, they are at an increased risk of experiencing school-related mental health issues that can be further exacerbated by inadequate or non-existent gender-affirming healthcare. The list below provides the names of colleges and universities that have reported offering varying levels of trans-inclusive healthcare to students and employees. If your school provides trans-inclusive healthcare and isn't listed below, please email Andi.Salinas@hrc.org so that we may update our list.
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:
- American University
- Amherst College
- Babson College
- Bowdoin College
- Bridgewater State University
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western University
- Champlain College
- Clark University
- Colorado State University
- The College of New Jersey
- Columbia University
- Connecticut College
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
- Emerson College
- Emory University
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kean University
- Lesley University
- Montclair State University
- Mount Holyoke College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- Northern Arizona University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University (graduate students only)
- Oregon State University
- Pace University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Portland State University
- Purdue University
- Rowan University
- Rutgers University
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Smith College
- Stanford University
- Stony Brook University
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- University of Arizona
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
- 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 Colorado, Boulder
- University of Colorado, Denver
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Houston, Main Campus
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Louisville
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Missouri
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Rochester
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Texas, Dallas
- University of Texas, El Paso
- University of Texas, Permian basin
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
- University of Texas, San Antonio
- University of Texas, Tyler
- University of Vermont
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Yale University
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:
- Allegheny College
- Brandeis University
- Colorado School of Mines
- Eastern Michigan University
- Guilford College
- Ithaca College
- Kansas State University
- Lewis and Clark College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- State University of New York, College at Oneonta
- Suffolk University
- Tulane University
- University at Buffalo
- University of Chicago
- University of Iowa
- University of Maine, Machias
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
- University of Minnesota, Morris
- University of New Hampshire
- Vassar College
- Widener University
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:
- American University
- Bridgewater State University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Central Connecticut State University
- Champlain College
- Colorado College
- Columbia University
- Connecticut College
- Dartmouth College
- Emory University
- Harvard University
- Ithaca College
- MIT
- Mount Holyoke College
- Northern Arizona University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University
- RIT
- Santa Clara University
- Syracuse University
- Trinity College
- Tufts 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 Maryland
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- University of Massachusetts, Medical School
- University of Michigan
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Texas, Dallas
- University of Texas, El Paso
- University of Texas, Permian basin
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
- University of Texas, San Antonio
- University of Texas, Tyler
- University of Vermont
- Wake Forest University
- Williams College
- Yale University