Two weeks ago I wrote a short piece reviewing various college ranking methods, with the two conclusions that none is perfect and that they are not a whole lot pertinent to deciding which college to attend.

However, for a growing number of young people the following two ranking categories might become serious deal makers or breakers.

Lauren Cooley of Campus Reform has the story:

Princeton Review ranks best colleges for weed and LGBT friendliness

Princeton Review has released its annual school rankings—in which students ranked their universities for LGBT-friendliness and likelihood to take part in “Reefer Madness”—amongst categories like greatest financial aid or best library.

According to the 2015 edition of “The 379 Best Colleges,” Stanford University is the most LGBT friendly campus in the nation. College of the Ozarks, a Christian university in Missouri, was voted as the least LGBT friendly.

Out of the 20 schools ranked least LGBT friendly for 2015, only 5 are new to the list from last year’s survey: Hampden-Sydney College, University of Tennessee, Gordon College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and University of Mississippi.

The 20 most LGBT-friendly colleges and universities in the U.S. according to the Princeton Review:

Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)
Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
Emerson College (Boston, Mass.)
Smith College (Northampton, Mass.)
Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)
Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.)
New College of Florida (Sarasota, Fla).
Pitzer College (Claremont, Calif.)
Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, N.Y.)
Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
New York University (New York, N.Y.)
Macalester College (St. Paul, Minn.)
Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.)
Prescott College (Prescott, Ariz.)
Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Rice University (Houston, Texas)