Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

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Catholic colleges receive the full four-pillar faith scorecard. All other colleges are rated on Catholic life on campus: campus ministry, Mass and confession, and student groups. Four-year colleges also get an Academic Excellence score from federal data.

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Best match lists Catholic colleges first, by Compass Score. The other sorts order every school by that one 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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A broad region of the country, as the guide groups the states. Territories are listed separately.
School
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.
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72 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Arizona State University Digital Immersion

    Scottsdale, AZ · Public · 4-year · 66,062 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Glendale Community College

    Glendale, AZ · Public · 4-year · 13,480 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Mesa Community College

    Mesa, AZ · Public · 4-year · 16,624 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    South Mountain Community College

    Phoenix, AZ · Public · 4-year · 4,157 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Dine College

    Tsaile, AZ · Public · 4-year · 1,836 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Crestpoint University

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 438 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of Phoenix-Arizona

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 101,150 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Rio Salado College

    Tempe, AZ · Public · 4-year · 18,631 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    American InterContinental University System

    Chandler, AZ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 10,997 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Pima Community College

    Tucson, AZ · Public · 2-year · 15,819 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Chandler-Gilbert Community College

    Chandler, AZ · Public · 2-year · 14,725 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Estrella Mountain Community College

    Avondale, AZ · Public · 2-year · 10,069 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Arizona Western College

    Yuma, AZ · Public · 2-year · 8,038 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Central Arizona College

    Coolidge, AZ · Public · 2-year · 5,131 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Sonoran Desert Institute

    Tempe, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 4,763 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Midwestern University-Glendale

    Glendale, AZ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,794 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Mohave Community College

    Kingman, AZ · Public · 2-year · 3,693 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Coconino Community College

    Flagstaff, AZ · Public · 2-year · 2,696 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Universal Technical Institute of Arizona

    Avondale, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 1,791 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Refrigeration School

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 1,296 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Tohono O'odham Community College

    Sells, AZ · Public · 2-year · 1,176 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Carrington College-Phoenix North

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 1,088 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,062 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix

    Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 830 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pima Medical Institute-Mesa

    Mesa, AZ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 721 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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