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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70 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Oakland City University

    Oakland City, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 650 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Goshen College

    Goshen, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 824 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Indiana University-Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, IN · Public · 4-year · 25,497 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Franklin College

    Franklin, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 966 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Manchester University

    North Manchester, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,175 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Bethel University

    Mishawaka, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,222 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Anderson University

    Anderson, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,255 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Purdue University Fort Wayne

    Fort Wayne, IN · Public · 4-year · 8,874 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana University-Kokomo

    Kokomo, IN · Public · 4-year · 2,892 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana University-Southeast

    New Albany, IN · Public · 4-year · 3,752 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana University-Northwest

    Gary, IN · Public · 4-year · 3,045 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Purdue University Northwest

    Hammond, IN · Public · 4-year · 8,679 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana University-South Bend

    South Bend, IN · Public · 4-year · 4,446 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana University-East

    Richmond, IN · Public · 4-year · 2,985 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana Institute of Technology

    Fort Wayne, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,862 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chamberlain University-Indiana

    Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit · 4-year · 177 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies

    Fort Wayne, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,535 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Mid-America College of Funeral Service

    Jeffersonville, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 337 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses

    Angola, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,230 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Purdue University Global

    West Lafayette, IN · Public · 4-year · 44,421 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Vincennes University

    Vincennes, IN · Public · 4-year · 18,438 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global

    Marion, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 12,750 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Ivy Tech Community College

    Indianapolis, IN · Public · 2-year · 100,077 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    American College of Education

    Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit · 4-year · 11,961 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Grace College and Theological Seminary

    Winona Lake, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,271 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched

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