Higher Education Institutions who offer domestic partner benefits:

• University of Minnesota
  
  
• Seven private universities in Minnesota:
• Augsburg College
• Carleton College
• Gustavus Adolphus College
• Hamline University
• Macalester College
• St. Olaf College
• William Mitchell College of Law
  
• CUPA (College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) 2007-08 Comprehensive Survey of College and University Benefits Programs reports that 42% of the 516 higher educational institutions who responded to the survey offer health care benefits for same sex domestic partners
  
  
• CUPA’s 2007-08 Survey of College and University Benefits Programs reported that 34% of the 516 responding higher educational institutions offer health care benefits to same and opposite sex partners
  
  
• 57% of the 130 top colleges and universities as ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine in August 2007 offer domestic partner health benefits to employees