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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 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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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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154 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    University of Florida-Online

    Gainesville, FL · Public · 4-year · 5,462 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    San Ignacio University

    Doral, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 291 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp

    Hialeah, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 417 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Miami Regional University

    Miami Springs, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 955 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Florida College

    Temple Terrace, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 657 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Florida Polytechnic University

    Lakeland, FL · Public · 4-year · 1,618 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Millennia Atlantic University

    Doral, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 155 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale

    Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 20,102 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Flagler College

    Saint Augustine, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,441 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Rasmussen University-Florida

    Ocala, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 3,034 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Florida Atlantic University

    Boca Raton, FL · Public · 4-year · 30,790 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Palm Beach Atlantic University

    West Palm Beach, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,875 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay

    Saint Petersburg, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,601 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Everglades University

    Boca Raton, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,733 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Florida Gateway College

    Lake City, FL · Public · 4-year · 2,837 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Florida Gulf Coast University

    Fort Myers, FL · Public · 4-year · 16,167 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    AdventHealth University

    Orlando, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,692 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    DeVry University-Florida

    Orlando, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 196 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Lynn University

    Boca Raton, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,501 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Albizu University-Miami

    Miami, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 787 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology

    Delray Beach, FL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,037 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Baptist University of Florida

    Graceville, FL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 352 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    North Florida College

    Madison, FL · Public · 4-year · 1,281 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    South Florida State College

    Avon Park, FL · Public · 4-year · 2,976 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chipola College

    Marianna, FL · Public · 4-year · 1,820 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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