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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103 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Mount Holyoke College

    South Hadley, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,330 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Laboure College of Healthcare

    Milton, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 717 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Brandeis University

    Waltham, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,302 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
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    The New England Conservatory of Music

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 784 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Babson College

    Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,943 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Clark University

    Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,124 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Simmons University

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,053 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
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    Berklee College of Music

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,448 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Massachusetts College of Art and Design

    Boston, MA · Public · 4-year · 1,986 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

    Norton, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,778 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Emerson College

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,670 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Bard College at Simon's Rock

    Great Barrington, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 312 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Buzzards Bay, MA · Public · 4-year · 1,362 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Springfield College

    Springfield, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,785 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Regis College

    Weston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,842 students
    CatholicCatholic college: federal data lists a Roman Catholic affiliation (or it has been verified as Catholic), so it gets the full four-pillar faith scorecard.FaithNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Endicott College

    Beverly, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,254 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Gordon College

    Wenham, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,610 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Wentworth Institute of Technology

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,018 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

    North Adams, MA · Public · 4-year · 933 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Hult International Business School

    Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,003 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Montserrat College of Art

    Beverly, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 276 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    MCPHS University

    Boston, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,321 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Lesley University

    Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,134 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Western New England University

    Springfield, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,574 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Hampshire College

    Amherst, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 717 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair

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