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.

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