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Catholic life at other colleges

Public and private colleges that are not Catholic, rated on Catholic life on campus: campus ministry, Mass and confession, chaplains, and student groups.

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Compass Score lists Catholic colleges first, then the other schools by the same score. The other sorts order every school by a different measure.
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Compass ScoreCompass Score: 75% faith and 25% Academic Excellence, for every school that has both. Choose the lowest grade to show.
Faith or Catholic lifeFaith: the average of the four faith pillars. Other colleges are graded on Catholic life on campus instead.
Academic ExcellenceAcademic Excellence: a score from federal data on graduation, retention, test scores, faculty ratio, and spending. It never uses rankings or surveys.
Only schools marked Compass Recommended: a Faith or Catholic life score of 80 or higher, and a Compass Score of 80 or higher where academics are rated.
Only Honor Roll schools: Catholic schools with a Faith score of 85 or higher, and campus ministries at other colleges with a Catholic life score of 85 or higher.
Only the eight Ivy League universities. None of them is Catholic; their pages rate Catholic life on campus.
Researched only: hides schools whose faith or Catholic life has not been checked against official sources.
Faith pillars
Sacramental lifeHow readily students can attend Mass, go to confession, pray before the Blessed Sacrament, and find a priest.
Theology and core curriculumWhat every undergraduate must study in theology and philosophy, and how the core draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Campus culture and residence lifeThe reach of campus ministry, retreats and student faith groups, and the residence-hall policies many families ask about.
Service and Catholic social teachingService programs, how Catholic social teaching enters the curriculum, and both pro-life and justice work tied to the mission.
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Distance (miles)
A broad region of the country, as the guide groups the states. Territories are listed separately.
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Catholic or otherAll: every college. Catholic: Catholic colleges with the full faith scorecard. Other: colleges rated on Catholic life on campus, not the full faith scorecard.
Public or privatePublic: run by a state or local government. Private: nonprofit or for-profit, including Catholic colleges.
Level4-year: bachelor's degree programs. 2-year: associate degree programs.
Total enrollment: small is under 2,000 students, medium 2,000 to 9,999, large 10,000 to 24,999, and very large 25,000 or more.
Net price: what a typical student pays per year after grants and scholarships, from the federal College Scorecard.
Coed: men and women together. Single-sex: all-male or all-female.
Schools founded or run by a religious order, such as the Jesuits or Dominicans, from the guide's order data.
Campus life1
College sports level from federal data: NCAA Division I (the biggest programs), Division II, Division III, or NAIA.
Where the campus is, from federal data: in a city, a suburb, a town, or a rural area.
Mass every weekday on or next to campus, checked against the college's own schedule.
A Catholic parish church within a mile of campus.
The college offers Army, Navy or Air Force ROTC, on campus or with a nearby college (federal data).
The college offers study abroad (federal data).
Admissions and outcomes
How many applicants are admitted (federal data). Most: 65% or more. Selective: 25% to 64%. Highly selective: under 25%.
Your SAT or ACT, to sort colleges Target, Likely and Reach. Signed in, it is kept on your account (private to you); otherwise only in this browser.
Reach, Target or LikelyA rough guide from admitted students' scores and admission rates, not a prediction. Target: your score is in the college's middle range. Likely: above it, or the college admits most applicants. Reach: below it, or the college admits fewer than 1 in 5.
Small classes: 12 or fewer students per faculty member (federal data).
Strong outcomes: 75% or more of students graduate (federal data).
Major
Colleges that offer a bachelor's degree in this major or field, from the federal College Scorecard.
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CatholicOnly Catholic colleges, which get the full four-pillar faith scorecard.RecommendedOnly schools marked Compass Recommended: a Faith or Catholic life score of 80 or higher, and a Compass Score of 80 or higher where academics are rated.Honor RollOnly Honor Roll schools: Catholic schools with a Faith score of 85 or higher, and campus ministries at other colleges with a Catholic life score of 85 or higher.FaithOnly schools with a Faith score of 85 or higher (grade A). At other colleges, this is their Catholic life score.AcademicsOnly schools with an Academic Excellence score of 85 or higher (grade A), from federal data.Ivy LeagueOnly the eight Ivy League universities. None of them is Catholic; their pages rate Catholic life on campus.Clear
Division I sportsCollege sports level from federal data: NCAA Division I (the biggest programs), Division II, Division III, or NAIA.Daily MassMass every weekday on or next to campus, checked against the college's own schedule.Church nearbyA Catholic parish church within a mile of campus.ROTCThe college offers Army, Navy or Air Force ROTC, on campus or with a nearby college (federal data).Study abroadThe college offers study abroad (federal data).NursingColleges that offer a bachelor's degree in this major or field, from the federal College Scorecard.EngineeringColleges that offer a bachelor's degree in this major or field, from the federal College Scorecard.Under $20kNet price under $20,000 a year: what a typical student pays after grants and scholarships (federal data).Small classesSmall classes: 12 or fewer students per faculty member (federal data).
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1,702 schools · Sorted by Compass Score (Catholic first)

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    Simmons University

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,053 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
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    Berklee College of Music

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,448 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Kalamazoo College

    Kalamazoo, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,196 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Touro University

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 11,953 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    The College of New Jersey

    Ewing, NJ · Public · 4-year · 7,652 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Virginia Military Institute

    Lexington, VA · Public · 4-year · 1,560 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Ursinus College

    Collegeville, PA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,492 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Ringling College of Art and Design

    Sarasota, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,722 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Gustavus Adolphus College

    Saint Peter, MN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,952 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Maryland Institute College of Art

    Baltimore, MD · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,861 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Fashion Institute of Technology

    New York, NY · Public · 4-year · 8,108 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    The College of Wooster

    Wooster, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,876 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Westmont College

    Santa Barbara, CA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,310 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Washington College

    Chestertown, MD · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 916 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Massachusetts College of Art and Design

    Boston, MA · Public · 4-year · 1,986 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Lake Forest College

    Lake Forest, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,818 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Earlham College

    Richmond, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 696 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

    Norton, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,778 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    College of the Atlantic

    Bar Harbor, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 367 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Michigan State University

    East Lansing, MI · Public · 4-year · 51,316 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Indiana University-Bloomington

    Bloomington, IN · Public · 4-year · 47,527 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    University of Puget Sound

    Tacoma, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,914 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Emerson College

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,670 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Kettering University

    Flint, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,605 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

    Albany, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 875 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong

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