Earlier this week, students at the women-only Wellesley College voted to open up admission to all transgender and nonbinary students, including trans men.

“Wellesley was founded as a women’s college because they wanted to create a safe and supportive learning environment for people who were marginalized based on gender,” Ailie Wood, a student who helped author the ballot question, told the college’s student paper. “Past, present and future trans and nonbinary students at Wellesley should feel like the College has their back, acknowledges their identity, and supports their access to a Wellesley education.”

But the student vote was nonbinding. In response to the results, the president issued a statement saying “there is no plan to revisit our mission as a women’s college or our admissions policy.”  

“For nearly 150 years, Wellesley’s mission has been to provide an excellent liberal arts education to women who will make a difference in the world,” President Paula Johnson said. “Wellesley admits eligible applicants who consistently identify and live as women, including cis, trans and nonbinary students.” 

Students who identify as men remain ineligible to attend the Massachusetts college.

Here’s a look at different women’s colleges’ approach to trans (and nonbinary) students.

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Which women’s colleges accept trans students?

A study published in 2019 found that most of the country’s roughly three dozen women’s colleges in existence at the time considered applications from transgender women. Twenty-one schools admitted students based solely on self-identification and six after specified types of gender transition. (The number of women’s colleges has dwindled over the decades, with many going co-ed to survive.)