Macalester College and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities are among the top 25 LGBT-friendly schools, according to a list released by Campus Pride on Monday.

The rankings are based on Campus Pride’s Campus Pride Index in which colleges and universities report on LGBT-inclusive campus policies, programs, and practices.

“Unlike some well-known LGBTQ rankings and other commercial ratings, the Campus Pride
Index is based in research on policy, program and practice and is conducted for and by LGBTQ
experts in the field of higher education,” Campus Pride said in a statement. “Each campus updates their index annually and uses the Campus Pride benchmarking tool to make improvements for LGBTQ life on campus.”

In order to be in the Top 25 listing, an institution had to score the highest percentages in a long list of LGBT-friendly categories ranging from inclusion, institutional commitment, student and academic life, campus safety, LGBT health, and LGBT recruitment.

“As time goes on, the needs of LGBTQ college and university students change,” Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, said in a statement. “Therefore, we have updated our Campus Pride Index assessment to reflect that, with higher standards for campuses and a higher focus on trans and gender nonconforming students.”

The profiles of Macalester College and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities at Campus Pride rated 4.5 out of 5 stars. Though they did not make the top 25, Carleton College and Augsburg College also scored high in the rankings.

Macalester College was also among the top 20 LGBT-friendly schools according to a list released by the Princeton Review in early August.

Here are the top 25 LGBT-friendly schools according to Campus Pride (listed in alphabetical order):

Cornell University
Elon University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Ithaca College
Macalester College
Montclair State University
Princeton University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
San Diego State University
Southern Oregon University
The Ohio State University
The Pennsylvania State University
Tufts University
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Louisville
University of Maine at Machias
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
Williams College