WOMEN'S COLLEGES HAVE MANY BENEFITS
Women are more likely to participate in class, take risks, and challenge themselves academically in a single-sex environment. They have a higher graduation rate than their peers at co-educational institutions, and they are more likely to go on to achieve an advanced degree.
Other advantages of an all women's school are:
Empowerment
No gender inequality
Smaller student population
More support and encouragement in STEM
Our world has been blessed with many intelligent Black females who have attended women's colleges:
Zora Neale Hurston - Barnard College was an
American author, anthropologist, and
filmmaker.
Alice Walker - Spelman College and Sarah
Lawrence College is an American novelist,
short story writer, poet, and social activist.
Gwen Ifill - 1977 graduate of Simmons College
was an American journalist, television
newscaster, and author
Marian Wright Edelman - graduate of
Spelman College founder and president
emerita of the Children's Defense Fund
Many women's colleges partner with nearby co-ed schools, allowing female students to cross register for both women’s only classes at their home institution and enrolling in co-educational classes at partner schools. Barnard partners with Columbia, which is just across the street.
There are only two HBCU women's colleges
Spelman College
Bennett College
Top ranked women's colleges in 2021
Wellesley College
Smith College
Barnard College
Bryn Mawr College
Scripps College
Mt. Holyoke College
Spelman College
Agnes Scott College
College of St. Benedict College
St. Mary's College College
The disadvantage is it feels a little unnatural in a single-sex environment, and the lack of being challenged by men might give some women a false sense of strength. However, there is usually the option of cross registering at a co-ed school to solve that issue.