Best Catholic life at Big 12 universities
Big 12 universities ranked by the Catholic Life Score.
Best Catholic life at Big 12 universities14 schools
14 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 Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 2
Baylor University
Waco, TX · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 3
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 4
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 5
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 6
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 7
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 8
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 9
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Part-time priest chaplain
- 10
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 11
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX · Private nonprofit- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 12
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 13
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Brigham Young University
Provo, UT · Private nonprofit
Compare cost and outcomes
| School | Net price a year | Median debt | Earnings 10 years out | Graduation rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Boulder | $25,346 | $19,500 | $69,738 | 74% |
| Baylor University | $41,104 | $23,000 | $65,793 | 80% |
| University of Kansas | $18,059 | $21,000 | $61,945 | 69% |
| University of Utah | $16,200 | $19,000 | $67,170 | 65% |
| University of Central Florida | $10,411 | $18,190 | $58,308 | 78% |
| West Virginia University | $15,634 | $22,500 | $55,939 | 65% |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | $14,967 | $19,500 | $62,668 | 68% |
| University of Arizona | $16,674 | $19,620 | $59,979 | 68% |
| Oklahoma State University | $17,447 | $20,500 | $57,413 | 68% |
| Kansas State University | $19,406 | $21,250 | $57,262 | 71% |
| Texas Christian University | $36,660 | $21,500 | $68,424 | 86% |
| Texas Tech University | $19,070 | $21,500 | $62,454 | 69% |
| Iowa State University | $18,589 | $22,869 | $63,386 | 75% |
| Brigham Young University | $15,564 | $11,069 | $75,790 | 81% |
Net price is the average yearly cost after grants. Federal data (College Scorecard). “—” means the school reports no figure.