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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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136 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Lenoir-Rhyne University

    Hickory, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,230 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Greensboro College

    Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 898 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Methodist University

    Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,768 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte

    Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,128 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Pfeiffer University

    Misenheimer, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 954 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    North Carolina A & T State University

    Greensboro, NC · Public · 4-year · 13,885 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Gardner-Webb University

    Boiling Springs, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,125 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Lees-McRae College

    Banner Elk, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 839 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Montreat College

    Montreat, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 932 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Wingate University

    Wingate, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,322 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    William Peace University

    Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 730 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Winston-Salem State University

    Winston-Salem, NC · Public · 4-year · 4,776 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Guilford College

    Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,208 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Barton College

    Wilson, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,259 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Johnson C Smith University

    Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,102 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bennett College

    Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 195 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    North Carolina Central University

    Durham, NC · Public · 4-year · 7,965 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Brevard College

    Brevard, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 787 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of North Carolina at Pembroke

    Pembroke, NC · Public · 4-year · 7,630 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Elizabeth City State University

    Elizabeth City, NC · Public · 4-year · 2,165 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of Mount Olive

    Mount Olive, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,128 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    North Carolina Wesleyan University

    Rocky Mount, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,345 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Livingstone College

    Salisbury, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 814 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chowan University

    Murfreesboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 708 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Fayetteville State University

    Fayetteville, NC · Public · 4-year · 6,847 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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