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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89 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Wayne State University

    Detroit, MI · Public · 4-year · 23,553 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    Dearborn, MI · Public · 4-year · 8,035 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Northwood University

    Midland, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,360 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Spring Arbor University

    Spring Arbor, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,390 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Lake Superior State University

    Sault Ste Marie, MI · Public · 4-year · 1,669 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Cornerstone University

    Grand Rapids, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,735 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Kuyper College

    Grand Rapids, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 153 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Davenport University

    Grand Rapids, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,848 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Northwestern Michigan College

    Traverse City, MI · Public · 4-year · 3,146 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, MI · Public · 4-year · 13,324 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Adrian College

    Adrian, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,760 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Baker College

    Owosso, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,898 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Grace Christian University

    Wyoming, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 954 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Rochester University

    Rochester Hills, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,173 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Alpena Community College

    Alpena, MI · Public · 4-year · 1,530 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    The University of Olivet

    Olivet, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 973 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bay Mills Community College

    Brimley, MI · Public · 4-year · 577 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Cleary University

    Howell, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,040 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Concordia University Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,351 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Great Lakes Christian College

    Lansing, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 130 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Jackson College

    Jackson, MI · Public · 4-year · 4,975 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Henry Ford College

    Dearborn, MI · Public · 4-year · 11,239 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Schoolcraft Community College District

    Livonia, MI · Public · 4-year · 7,596 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Macomb Community College

    Warren, MI · Public · 2-year · 15,983 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Oakland Community College

    Auburn Hills, MI · Public · 2-year · 13,831 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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