Catholic colleges by religious order
Many Catholic colleges were founded by a religious order or congregation and still share its approach to education. Each list comes from the tradition’s own college association.
Augustinian2 colleges · Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)Benedictine13 colleges · Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)Dominican12 colleges · Order of Preachers (Dominicans)Franciscan22 colleges · Franciscan family (friars and sisters following St. Francis of Assisi)Holy Cross6 colleges · Congregation of Holy CrossJesuit27 colleges · Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Lasallian6 colleges · Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers)Marianist3 colleges · Society of Mary (Marianists)Mercy18 colleges · Sisters of Mercy of the AmericasSisters of St. Joseph8 colleges · Sisters of St. Joseph