Best Catholic life at Big Ten universities
Big Ten universities ranked by the Catholic Life Score.
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 Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 2
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Full-time priest chaplain
- 4
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 5
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 6
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 7
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 8
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 9
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 10
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 11
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 12
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 13
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR · PublicCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 14
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public- 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 Southern California | $32,740 | $18,000 | $92,498 | 92% |
| Ohio State University | $17,339 | $19,976 | $60,409 | 88% |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | $17,354 | $20,484 | $73,792 | 90% |
| Northwestern University | $29,167 | $15,000 | $89,363 | 95% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $32,875 | $25,000 | $63,435 | 86% |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $14,355 | $19,500 | $81,054 | 85% |
| University of Maryland-College Park | $15,678 | $19,000 | $82,860 | 89% |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | $24,406 | $21,500 | $74,479 | 84% |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | $16,778 | $19,500 | $69,020 | 85% |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | $14,091 | $14,615 | $78,466 | 85% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | $17,747 | $21,000 | $56,887 | 67% |
| University of Iowa | $22,531 | $22,500 | $64,762 | 75% |
| University of Oregon | $22,182 | $20,139 | $61,324 | 72% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | $12,548 | $14,000 | $82,511 | 93% |
Net price is the average yearly cost after grants. Federal data (College Scorecard). “—” means the school reports no figure.