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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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80 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Berkeley College-Woodland Park

    Woodland Park, NJ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 2,007 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Eastern International College-Jersey City

    Jersey City, NJ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 474 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Eastwick College-Hackensack

    Hackensack, NJ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 874 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel

    Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bergen Community College

    Paramus, NJ · Public · 2-year · 11,801 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Middlesex College

    Edison, NJ · Public · 2-year · 11,471 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Brookdale Community College

    Lincroft, NJ · Public · 2-year · 9,916 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Beth Medrash Govoha

    Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,824 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.All-maleAll-male: the school enrolls men only.Catholic life not yet researched
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    UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey

    Cranford, NJ · Public · 2-year · 8,081 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Camden County College

    Blackwood, NJ · Public · 2-year · 7,591 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Thomas Edison State University

    Trenton, NJ · Public · 4-year · 7,587 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Ocean County College

    Toms River, NJ · Public · 2-year · 7,429 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Hudson County Community College

    Jersey City, NJ · Public · 2-year · 7,229 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Essex County College

    Newark, NJ · Public · 2-year · 6,790 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Raritan Valley Community College

    Branchburg, NJ · Public · 2-year · 6,587 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Rowan College at Burlington County

    Mount Laurel, NJ · Public · 2-year · 6,547 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Mercer County Community College

    West Windsor, NJ · Public · 2-year · 6,219 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    County College of Morris

    Randolph, NJ · Public · 2-year · 6,069 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus

    Sewell, NJ · Public · 2-year · 5,390 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Passaic County Community College

    Paterson, NJ · Public · 2-year · 5,165 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Atlantic Cape Community College

    Mays Landing, NJ · Public · 2-year · 4,273 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Jersey College

    Teterboro, NJ · Private for-profit · 2-year · 4,089 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Warren County Community College

    Washington, NJ · Public · 2-year · 3,342 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus

    Vineland, NJ · Public · 2-year · 2,557 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Sussex County Community College

    Newton, NJ · Public · 2-year · 2,220 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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