Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

Colleges

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.
Ratings
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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108 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Emmanuel University

    Franklin Springs, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 896 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Young Harris College

    Young Harris, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,420 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Brenau University

    Gainesville, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,420 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Columbus State University

    Columbus, GA · Public · 4-year · 7,610 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Fort Valley State University

    Fort Valley, GA · Public · 4-year · 2,763 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Life University

    Marietta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,711 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Shorter University

    Rome, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,447 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Truett McConnell University

    Cleveland, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,714 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Toccoa Falls College

    Toccoa Falls, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,532 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Clayton State University

    Morrow, GA · Public · 4-year · 5,842 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Albany State University

    Albany, GA · Public · 4-year · 6,544 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Point University

    West Point, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,827 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Thomas University

    Thomasville, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,583 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

    Tifton, GA · Public · 4-year · 3,768 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Georgia Southwestern State University

    Americus, GA · Public · 4-year · 3,408 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chamberlain University-Georgia

    Sandy Springs, GA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,588 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Middle Georgia State University

    Macon, GA · Public · 4-year · 8,033 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Savannah State University

    Savannah, GA · Public · 4-year · 3,078 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Georgia Military College

    Milledgeville, GA · Public · 4-year · 6,765 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Paine College

    Augusta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 344 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Dalton State College

    Dalton, GA · Public · 4-year · 4,902 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Morris Brown College

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 343 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    College of Coastal Georgia

    Brunswick, GA · Public · 4-year · 3,189 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Andrew College

    Cuthbert, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 294 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Georgia Gwinnett College

    Lawrenceville, GA · Public · 4-year · 11,907 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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