List of women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities

Current and former female presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of the inaugural year.

United States

 * Julia Sears, 1872–1873, Mankato Normal School (now Minnesota State University, Mankato)
 * Mary A. Hill, 1900–1901, Anna Draper, 1901–1903, Bertha Pinkham Dixon, 1903–1904, and Matilda Atkinson, 1904–1909, Training School for Christian Workers (now Azusa Pacific University)
 * Mary Hayes Allen, 1906–1908, Virginia Theological Seminary and College (now Virginia University of Lynchburg)
 * Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University (Kimberlin Heights, TN)
 * Mary Elizabeth Branch, 1930–1944, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)
 * Kate Galt Zaneis, 1935-1937, Southeastern Oklahoma State Teachers College (now Southeastern Oklahoma State University)
 * Miriam Parker Schumacher, 1944–1967, Southwestern University (now Southwestern Law School)
 * Mary McLeod Bethune, 1941–1942 and 1946–1947, Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University)
 * Isabel McKay, 1951–1965, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute
 * Dora E. Kirby, 1959–1977, Woodbury University
 * Sr. Doris Smith, S.C., 1972–1992, College of Mount Saint Vincent
 * Lorene Rogers, 1974–1979, The University of Texas at Austin
 * Marjorie Downing Wagner, 1974–1976, Sonoma State College
 * Alice Frey Emerson, 1975–1991, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
 * Virginia Radley, 1977-1988,SUNY Oswego, https://ww1.oswego.edu/president/profile/virginia-radley
 * Barbara Uehling, 1978–1979, University of Missouri, and 1987–1994, University of California, Santa Barbara
 * Hanna Holborn Gray, 1978–1993, University of Chicago
 * Sister Thomas Welder, 1978–2009, University of Mary (formerly Mary College in Bismarck, North Dakota)
 * Janet Eisner, 1979–2022, Emmanuel College
 * Betty Siegel, 1981-2006, Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Georgia)
 * Julia M. McNamara, 1982–2016, Albertus Magnus College
 * Sharon C. Diaz, 1982–2018, Samuel Merritt University
 * Juliet V. García, 1986-1991, Texas Southmost College
 * Diana Natalicio, 1988–2019, University of Texas at El Paso
 * Donna Shalala, 1988–1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Blenda J. Wilson, 1988-1992, University of Michigan - Dearborn; 1993-1999, California State University, Northridge
 * Rita Bornstein, 1990-2004, Rollins College
 * Juliet V. García, 1991-2014, University of Texas at Brownsville
 * Jahnae H. Barnett, 1990–2021, (co-ed from 1996), William Woods University
 * Mary L. Smith, 1991–1998, Kentucky State University
 * Dale Rogers Marshall, 1992–2004, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
 * Jean A. Dowdall, 1993-1995, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
 * Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University
 * Sister M. Elise Kriss, 1993–2019, University of Saint Francis (Indiana)
 * Karen W. Morse, 1993–2008, Western Washington University
 * Donna M. Carroll, 1994–2021, Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
 * Mary Sue Coleman, 1995–2002, University of Iowa
 * Sandra Featherman, 1995–2006, University of New England
 * Karen S. Haynes, 1995–2004, University of Houston-Victoria
 * Paula M. Rooney, 1995–2022, Dean College
 * Kathleen H. Geoppinger, 1995–present, Midwestern University
 * Linda J. Kaminski, 1995–present, Yakima Valley College
 * Jane O'Meara Sanders, 1996–1997, Goddard College, 2004–2011 Burlington College
 * Portia Shields, 1996–2005, Albany State University
 * Deborah F. Stanley, 1997–2021, State University of New York at Oswego
 * Molly Corbett Broad, 1997–2006, University of North Carolina
 * Davie Jane Gilmour, 1998–2022, Pennsylvania College of Technology
 * Marye Anne Fox, 1998–2004, North Carolina State University; 2004–2012, University of California, San Diego
 * Lisa Rossbacher, 1988-2014, Southern Polytechnic State University (Marietta, Georgia)
 * Jennifer L. Braaten, 1999–2002, Midland Lutheran College, 2002–2016, Ferrum College, interim, 2017–2020, Blackburn College
 * Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–2022, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999–2013, Claremont McKenna College
 * R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–2018, The College of New Jersey
 * Jerilyn McIntyre, 2000-2009, Central Washington University
 * Judy Genshaft, 2000–2019, University of South Florida
 * Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis
 * Jane A. Karas, 2001-present, Flathead Valley Community College
 * Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University
 * Donna Shalala, 2001–2015, University of Miami
 * Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–2013, Princeton University
 * Mary Sue Coleman, 2002–2014, University of Michigan
 * Elaine Tuttle Hansen, 2002-2011, Bates College
 * Karen A. Holbrook, 2002–2007, Ohio State University
 * Kay Norton, 2002–2018, University of Northern Colorado
 * Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2002–2015, Spelman College
 * Denise Trauth, 2002–2022, Texas State University
 * Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University; 2014–present, Rutgers University
 * Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–2014, Ball State University
 * Amy Gutmann, 2004–2022, University of Pennsylvania
 * Karen S. Haynes, 2004–2019, California State University San Marcos
 * Susan Hockfield, 2004–2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Sandra Kurtinitis, 2005–present, Community College of Baltimore County
 * Zorica Pantic, 2005–2019, Wentworth Institute of Technology
 * Denice Denton, 2005–2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
 * Lou Anna Simon, 2005–2018, Michigan State University
 * Susan C. Scrimshaw, 2006-2008, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
 * Janet Cunningham, 2006–2022, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
 * Maria Klawe, 2006–present, Harvey Mudd College
 * Danielle N. Ripich, 2006–2017, University of New England
 * Ann Weaver Hart, 2006–2012, Temple University; 2012–2017, University of Arizona
 * Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–2018, Harvard University
 * Sally Mason, 2007–2015, University of Iowa
 * Gail Carberry, 2007–2017, Quinsigamond Community College
 * Barbara Snyder, 2007–2020, Case Western Reserve University
 * France Córdova, 2007–2012, Purdue University
 * Virginia Hinshaw, 2007–2012, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
 * Judith A. Bense, 2008–2016, University of West Florida
 * Margaret Drugovich, 2008–present, Hartwick College
 * Helen G. Drinan, 2008-2020, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
 * Linda P. Brady, 2008–2015, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 * Carolyn Martin, 2008–2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011–present, Amherst College
 * Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University
 * Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston
 * Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph
 * Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago
 * Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–2017, University of Kansas
 * M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaiʻi System
 * Linda Katehi, 2009–2016, University of California, Davis
 * Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–2017, State University of New York System
 * Barbara Couture, 2010–present, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces
 * Waded Cruzado, 2010–present, Montana State University
 * Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–present, Sam Houston State University
 * Nivine Megahed, 2010–present, National Louis University
 * Carolyn Meyers, 2010–2016, Jackson State University
 * Mary Jane Saunders, 2010–2013, Florida Atlantic University
 * Teresa Sullivan, 2010–2018, University of Virginia
 * Regina Stanback Stroud, 2010–2019, Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and 2019–present, Perlata Community College District
 * Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana system
 * Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College
 * Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut
 * Carolyn Long, 2011–present, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
 * Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University
 * Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College
 * Carol Quillen, 2011–present, Davidson College
 * Renée M. Wachter, 2011-present, University of Wisconsin-Superior
 * Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University
 * Phyllis Wise, 2011–2015, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
 * Judy L. Bonner, 2012–2015, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
 * Jane C. Conoley, 2014–present, University of California, Long Beach
 * Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University
 * Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University
 * Dianne F. Harrison, 2012-2021, California State University, Northridge
 * Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing
 * Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–2017, Missouri University of Science and Technology
 * Clayton Spencer, 2012–present, Bates College
 * Rebecca Blank, 2013–2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison and President-designate of Northwestern University
 * Barbara A. Farley, 2013–present, Illinois College
 * Carol Folt, 2013–2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System
 * Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–present, Tennessee State University
 * Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College
 * Janet Napolitano, 2013–2020, University of California System
 * Jeanie Webb, 2013–present, Rose State College
 * Robin E. Bowen, 2014–2023, Arkansas Tech University
 * Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–2016, Alabama State University
 * Rebecca Chopp, 2014–present, University of Denver
 * Sheri Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University
 * Carine M. Feyten, 2014–present, Texas Woman's University
 * Leigh Goodson, 2014–present, Tulsa Community College
 * Elmira Mangum, 2014–2016, Florida A&M University
 * Melody Rose, 2014–2018, Marylhurst University
 * Lisa Rossbacher, 2014-2019, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
 * Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015–present, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)
 * Ana Mari Cauce, 2015–present, University of Washington
 * Kina Mallard, 2015–2020, Reinhardt University
 * Jaquie Moloney, 2015–present, University of Massachusetts Lowell
 * Andrea Lewis Miller, 2015–2019, LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN)
 * Fayneese Miller, 2015–present, Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
 * Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
 * Marion Terenzio, 2015–present, State University of New York at Cobleskill
 * Margaret H. Venable, 2015–present, Dalton State College (Dalton, Georgia)
 * Erika D. Beck, 2016-2020, California State University, Channel Islands
 * Laura Casamento, 2016–present, Utica College
 * Soraya M. Coley, 2016–present, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
 * Gayle E. Hutchinson, 2016–present, California State University, Chico
 * Karla Hughes, 2016–present, University of Arkansas at Monticello
 * Ellen Junn, 2016–present, California State University, Stanislaus
 * Mary A. Papazian, 2016–2021, San Jose State University
 * Judy K. Sakaki, 2016-2022, Sonoma State University
 * Claire E. Sterk, 2016–2020, Emory University
 * Elissa Tenny, 2016–present, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 * Cynthia Kelley, 2016–present, Madisonville Community College, KCTCS
 * Martha Dunagin Saunders, 2017–present, University of West Florida
 * Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 2017–present, American University (Washington, D.C.)
 * Shirley M. Collado, 2017–present, Ithaca College
 * Laurie Aleta Carter, 2017–present, Shippensburg University
 * Lorrie Clemo, 2017-present, D'Youville University, Buffalo, NY
 * Beverly J. Davenport, 2017–2018, University of Tennessee
 * Barbara Lettiere, 2017–present, Immaculata University
 * Linda Livingstone, 2017–present, Baylor University
 * Karol V. Mason, 2017–present, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
 * Kelly M. Miller, 2017–present, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)
 * Patricia Moulton, 2017–present, Vermont Technical College
 * Katricia Pierson, 2017–present, East Central University
 * Lana Reynolds, 2017–present, Seminole State College
 * Cheryl B. Schrader, 2017–present, Wright State University (Fairborn, Ohio)
 * G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present, Pomona College
 * Cynthia Warrick, 2017–present, Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
 * Wendy Wintersteen, 2017–present, Iowa State University
 * Alissa Young, 2017–present, Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
 * Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., 2017–present, Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
 * Carmen Twillie Ambar, 2018–present, Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
 * Roslyn Clark Artis, 2018–present, Benedict College (Columbia, SC)
 * Irma Becerra, 2018–present, Marymount University(Arlington,VA)
 * Neeli Bendapudi, 2018–present, University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
 * Martha Burger, 2018–present, Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
 * Cathie Cline, 2018–present, East Arkansas Community College (Forrest City, Arkansas)
 * Marion Ross Fedrick, 2018–present, Albany State University (Albany, Georgia)
 * Merodie A. Hancock, 2018–present, Thomas Edison State University (Trenton, New Jersey)
 * Michelle R. Johnston, 2018–present, College of Coastal Georgia (Brunswick, Georgia)
 * Maud Mandel, 2018–present, Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts
 * Lily McNair, 2018–2021, Tuskegee University
 * Polly Peterson, 2018–present, Jamestown College (Jamestown, North Dakota)
 * Tania Tetlow, 2018-2022, Loyola University New Orleans
 * Adela de la Torre, 2018–present, San Diego State University
 * Astrid S. Tuminez, 2018–present, Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)
 * Ruth V. Watkins, 2018–present, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)
 * Lynnette Zelezny, 2018–present, California State University, Bakersfield
 * Paige Comstock Cunningham, 2019–present, Taylor University (Upland, IN)
 * Christina Drale, 2019–present, University of Arkansas Little Rock (Little Rock, Arkansas)
 * Marcheta P. Evans, 2019–present, Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, New Jersey)
 * Carol Folt, 2019–present, University of Southern California
 * Joan T.A. Gabel, 2019–present, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota)
 * Kathleen E. Harring, 2019–present, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
 * Anne Holton, 2019-2020, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
 * Hilary L. Link, 2019—present, Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
 * Sarah Mangelsdorf, 2019–present, University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
 * Joyce McConnell, 2019–present, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
 * Wendy Raymond, 2019–present, Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania)
 * Terisa C. Riley, 2019–present, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
 * Lori S. White, 2020–present, DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana)
 * Gilda Barabino, 2020–present, Olin College (Needham, Massachusetts)
 * Erika D. Beck, 2021–present, California State University, Northridge
 * Anne F. Harris, 2020–present, Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
 * Kristina M. Johnson, 2020–present, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
 * Courtney Martin, 2020–present, Ohio Valley College of Technology(East Liverpool, Ohio)
 * Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present, Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
 * Lynn Wooten, 2020–present, Simmons University (Boston, MA)
 * Lesia Crumpton-Young, 2021–present, Texas Southern University
 * Barbara J. Wilson, 2021–present, University of Iowa
 * Montserrat Fuentes, 2021–present, St Edwards University (Austin, Texas)
 * Terri Goss Kinzy, 2021–present, Illinois State University
 * Candice McQueen: 2021–present, Lipscomb University
 * Neeli Bendapudi, 2022–present, Penn State University
 * Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, 2022–present, Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington)
 * Nora Demleitner, 2022–present, St. John's College - Annapolis
 * M. Elizabeth Magill, 2022–2023, University of Pennsylvania
 * Jayathi Murthy, 2022–present, Oregon State University
 * Tania Tetlow, 2022–present, Fordham University (New York City, New York)
 * Nancy Niemi, 2022–present, Framingham State University (Framingham, Massachusetts)
 * Michaele Whelan, 2022–present, Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, Massachusetts
 * Julie Sullivan, 2022-present, Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California)
 * Sally A. Kornbluth, 2023-President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Sian Beilock, 2023-Present, Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
 * Susan Rundell Singer, president-elect, St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota)
 * Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, President-elect, Columbia University (New York City, New York)

Australia

 * Dianne Yerbury, 1987–2005, Macquarie University
 * Ingrid Moses, 1997–2006, University of New England


 * Janice Reid, 1998–2013, Western Sydney University


 * Margaret Gardner, 2005–2014, RMIT University; 2014–present, Monash University
 * Sandra Harding, 2007–2022, James Cook University
 * Annabelle Duncan, 2014–2019, University of New England
 * Margaret Sheil, 2018–present, Queensland University of Technology
 * Brigid Heywood, 2019–2022, University of New England
 * Deborah Terry, 2020-present, University of Queensland
 * Patricia M. Davidson, 2021–present, University of Wollongong
 * Harlene Hayne, 2021–present, Curtin University
 * Renée Leon, 2021–present, Charles Sturt University

Canada

 * Pauline Mills McGibbon, 1971–1974, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Eva Mader MacDonald, 1974–1977, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Isabel Auld, 1977–1986, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
 * Naomi L. Hersom, 1986–1991, Mount St Vincent University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
 * Rose Wolfe, 1991–1997, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Marie Smallface Marule, 1992–2014, Red Crow Community College (Kainai Nation, Alberta)
 * Elizabeth Rollins Epperly, 1995–1998, University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
 * Emőke Szathmáry, 1996–2008, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
 * Martha Piper, 1997–2006, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
 * Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003–2013, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
 * Suzanne Fortier, 2013–2022, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
 * Indira Samarasekera, 2005–2015, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
 * M. Elizabeth Cannon, 2010–2018, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
 * D. Rose Patten, 2018–present, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Anne Mahon, 2019–present, University of Manitoba, (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Ecuador

 * Cecilia A. Paredes, 2017–present, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (Guayaquil)
 * Sonia A. Roca, 1997–present, Universidad Del Pacífico – Ecuador : Escuela de Negocios

New Zealand

 * Dawn Freshwater, 2020–present, University of Auckland
 * Cheryl de la Rey, 2019–present, University of Canterbury
 * Jan Thomas, 2018–present, Massey University

Philippines

 * Rosita L. Navarro, 2001–2006, Centro Escolar University (Manila)

Turkey

 * Gülsün Sağlamer, 1996–2004, Istanbul Technical University (Istanbul)
 * Gülay Barbarosoğlu, 2012–2016, Boğaziçi University (Istanbul)

United Kingdom

 * Louise Richardson: 2009–2015, University of St Andrews; 2016–present, University of Oxford
 * Sally Mapstone: 2016–present, University of St Andrews
 * Elizabeth Treasure: 2017–present, Aberystwyth University
 * Madeleine Atkins: 2018–present, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University