Best Catholic life at Ivy League universities
Ivy League universities ranked by the Catholic Life Score: Catholic life on campus and academics.
8 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 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 2
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 3
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 4
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 5(tie)
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 5(tie)
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass every weekday
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 7
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH · Private nonprofitCampus Ministry Honor Roll- Mass on some weekdays
- Full-time priest chaplain
- 8
Compare cost and outcomes
| School | Net price a year | Median debt | Earnings 10 years out | Graduation rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | $28,699 | $15,715 | $111,371 | 97% |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | $21,590 | $21,500 | $102,491 | 96% |
| Yale University | $23,777 | $12,975 | $100,533 | 96% |
| Harvard University | $19,066 | $14,000 | $101,817 | 98% |
| Brown University | $25,184 | $11,428 | $93,487 | 96% |
| Princeton University | $6,128 | $10,320 | $110,066 | 98% |
| Dartmouth College | $29,519 | $17,500 | $97,434 | 96% |
| Cornell University | $28,690 | $14,000 | $104,043 | 95% |
Net price is the average yearly cost after grants. Federal data (College Scorecard). “—” means the school reports no figure.