Campus Pride Index

Welcome!

Happy pride month! On this fine TidyTuesday afternoon, we will see how different types of colleges and universities handle LGBTQ+ inclusion! The Campus Pride Index tracks safety, inclusivity, and LGBTQ+ policies/programs at universities across the United States. Results are on a 1-5 scale (with higher numbers being most inclusive), and colleges are grouped by various discrete categories. Today, we’ll build a stacked horizontal bar chart to see the distribution of scores for some of those categories. I’ll use the ggchicklet package and some custom fonts for easy aesthetic changes, and we’ll be done! If you want to see a step-by-step tutorial explaining the code, click here.

Conclusion

There we have it! Seeing very few 1s is a good sign, but there is always room for progress. The top three types of colleges by number (public, private, and liberal arts) are highly inclusive, while community colleges (where I started my educational journey) have a long way to go.

If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, the best way to reach me is on Discord! And, of course, if you want to support this work financially, you can buy me a coffee!

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you next week!