Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

Colleges

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.
Ratings
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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162 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Cleveland Institute of Music

    Cleveland, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 350 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    The College of Wooster

    Wooster, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,876 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Ohio Northern University

    Ada, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,042 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science

    Cincinnati, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 457 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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    The Modern College of Design

    Kettering, OH · Private for-profit · 4-year · 189 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Cedarville University

    Cedarville, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,374 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Felbry College

    Columbus, OH · Private for-profit · 4-year · 214 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Cleveland Institute of Art

    Cleveland, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 566 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, OH · Public · 4-year · 43,338 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Ohio Wesleyan University

    Delaware, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,452 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Otterbein University

    Westerville, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,357 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Mount Carmel College of Nursing

    Columbus, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 712 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.Faith scorecard not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Columbus College of Art & Design

    Columbus, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 918 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, OH · Private for-profit · 4-year · 670 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Capital University

    Columbus, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,388 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Mount Vernon Nazarene University

    Mount Vernon, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,845 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Marietta College

    Marietta, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,171 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Kettering College

    Kettering, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 812 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Mercy College of Ohio

    Toledo, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,150 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 ratedAcademicsFair
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    Hiram College

    Hiram, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,011 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    American Institute of Alternative Medicine

    Columbus, OH · Private for-profit · 4-year · 393 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Gods Bible School and College

    Cincinnati, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 443 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Mount Union

    Alliance, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,169 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Wittenberg University

    Springfield, OH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,333 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    ATA College-Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, OH · Private for-profit · 4-year · 264 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair

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