Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

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.

Filters

Search & sort
Best match lists Catholic colleges first, by Compass Score. The other sorts order every school by that one measure.
Ratings1
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.
Location1
Distance (miles)
A broad region of the country, as the guide groups the states. Territories are listed separately.
School1
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.
MajorComing soon
Clear all
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
Other collegesState: New YorkAcademics AClear all

27 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

Grade filters include only schools with that grade; “Not enough information” is excluded.

  • Catholic Life Score

    Columbia University in the City of New York

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 35,279 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Ivy LeagueOne of the eight Ivy League universities. Ivy League membership doesn't change any grade; this page rates Catholic life on campus.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    New York University

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 57,335 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    United States Military Academy

    West Point, NY · Public · 4-year · 4,508 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Barnard College

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,353 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University at Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY · Public · 4-year · 31,889 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Syracuse University

    Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 22,948 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Troy, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 7,024 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Rochester

    Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 12,160 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Cornell University

    Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 26,264 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Vassar College

    Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,456 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    The Juilliard School

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,028 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Hamilton College

    Clinton, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,048 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Colgate University

    Hamilton, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,146 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Webb Institute

    Glen Cove, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 105 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 983 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Skidmore College

    Saratoga Springs, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,776 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Yeshiva University

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,826 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Union College

    Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,082 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Manhattan School of Music

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,097 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    St. Lawrence University

    Canton, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,089 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    New York School of Interior Design

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 593 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Hobart William Smith Colleges

    Geneva, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,669 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Bard College

    Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,922 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Pratt Institute-Main

    Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,232 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Sarah Lawrence College

    Bronxville, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,743 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent

Don’t see a school? Suggest it.

Sort by