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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 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.
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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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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.
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147 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 28,711 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
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    University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, VA · Public · 4-year · 25,924 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
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    University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 47,147 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
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    University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

    Pittsburgh, PA · Public · 4-year · 34,525 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
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    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
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    Ohio State University

    Columbus, OH · Public · 4-year · 60,046 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
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    University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Madison, WI · Public · 4-year · 49,605 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
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    Northwestern University

    Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 23,203 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
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    Yale University

    New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 15,081 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
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    Pennsylvania State University

    University Park, PA · Public · 4-year · 50,399 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
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    Tulane University of Louisiana

    New Orleans, LA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 13,078 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
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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Champaign, IL · Public · 4-year · 56,563 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
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    University of Maryland-College Park

    College Park, MD · Public · 4-year · 40,813 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
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    The New School

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,434 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsStrong
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    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    New Brunswick, NJ · Public · 4-year · 50,617 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
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    Rice University

    Houston, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,556 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
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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, CO · Public · 4-year · 41,432 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsStrong
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    Florida State University

    Tallahassee, FL · Public · 4-year · 43,234 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
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    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

    Minneapolis, MN · Public · 4-year · 54,890 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
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    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, NC · Public · 4-year · 32,234 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
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    Harvard University

    Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 30,386 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
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    Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 15,596 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
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    University of Florida

    Gainesville, FL · Public · 4-year · 54,814 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
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    Texas A&M University-College Station

    College Station, TX · Public · 4-year · 76,633 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsStrong
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    University of California-Berkeley

    Berkeley, CA · Public · 4-year · 45,699 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

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