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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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137 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Illinois College

    Jacksonville, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 958 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Millikin University

    Decatur, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,659 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Illinois Springfield

    Springfield, IL · Public · 4-year · 4,661 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    North Park University

    Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,624 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Olivet Nazarene University

    Bourbonnais, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,275 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Aurora University

    Aurora, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,935 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Judson University

    Elgin, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,058 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Columbia College Chicago

    Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,529 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Rockford University

    Rockford, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,249 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    McKendree University

    Lebanon, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,075 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Trinity International University-Illinois

    Deerfield, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 852 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Greenville University

    Greenville, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,053 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Methodist College

    Peoria, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 391 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Roosevelt University

    Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,015 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Chicago State University

    Chicago, IL · Public · 4-year · 2,324 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Northeastern Illinois University

    Chicago, IL · Public · 4-year · 5,504 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Concordia University-Chicago

    River Forest, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,066 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Eureka College

    Eureka, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 527 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Governors State University

    University Park, IL · Public · 4-year · 4,337 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chamberlain University-Illinois

    Addison, IL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 28,897 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    National Louis University

    Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,270 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    DeVry University-Illinois

    Lisle, IL · Private for-profit · 4-year · 29,346 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    East-West University

    Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 528 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    College of DuPage

    Glen Ellyn, IL · Public · 2-year · 23,216 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    William Rainey Harper College

    Palatine, IL · Public · 2-year · 13,069 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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