Best Catholic life at ACC universities
Atlantic Coast Conference universities ranked by the Catholic Life Score. Catholic members such as Boston College and Notre Dame are on the Catholic college lists.
Best Catholic life at ACC universities15 schools
15 schools qualify, ranked by the Catholic Life Score.
How this list is made
- Non-Catholic colleges with a Catholic Life Score (Catholic life on campus 75%, academics 25%). Catholic colleges are on the Catholic college lists.
- Membership comes from each conference’s member table (see data/supplement/conferences.json for sources and the retrieval date).
- Ordered by Catholic Life Score, highest first. Schools with the same score share a rank.
Updated Oct. 12, 2026. Methodology. Spot an error? Send a correction.
- 1
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 2
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 3
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 4
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 5
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 6
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 7
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 8
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 9
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 10
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 11
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University of Louisville
Louisville, KY · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 13
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · Private nonprofit- Mass on some weekdays
- Part-time priest chaplain
- 14
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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
Compare cost and outcomes
| School | Net price a year | Median debt | Earnings 10 years out | Graduation rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | $21,565 | $17,500 | $86,863 | 96% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | $30,434 | $24,250 | $66,125 | 86% |
| Florida State University | $11,297 | $18,000 | $61,675 | 86% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $11,655 | $14,000 | $72,200 | 91% |
| University of California-Berkeley | $13,481 | $13,000 | $92,446 | 93% |
| Stanford University | $13,807 | $12,000 | $124,080 | 92% |
| Southern Methodist University | $40,892 | $19,500 | $78,354 | 84% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | $24,953 | $21,500 | $81,698 | 86% |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | $17,303 | $20,121 | $68,758 | 85% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $12,116 | $21,672 | $102,772 | 94% |
| Duke University | $29,612 | $13,000 | $97,800 | 97% |
| University of Louisville | $17,988 | $20,500 | $53,899 | 61% |
| University of Miami | $37,244 | $17,500 | $75,328 | 84% |
| Syracuse University | $38,793 | $26,000 | $79,164 | 84% |
| Wake Forest University | $28,719 | $21,500 | $78,158 | 89% |
Net price is the average yearly cost after grants. Federal data (College Scorecard). “—” means the school reports no figure.