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.
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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65 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Spartanburg Methodist College

    Spartanburg, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,029 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Columbia International University

    Columbia, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,631 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Erskine College

    Due West, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 984 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of South Carolina Beaufort

    Bluffton, SC · Public · 4-year · 2,121 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Clinton College

    Rock Hill, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 106 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    South Carolina State University

    Orangeburg, SC · Public · 4-year · 3,041 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Benedict College

    Columbia, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,731 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Greenville Technical College

    Greenville, SC · Public · 4-year · 10,661 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Morris College

    Sumter, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 421 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    South University-Columbia

    Columbia, SC · Private for-profit · 4-year · 509 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Allen University

    Columbia, SC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 677 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Trident Technical College

    Charleston, SC · Public · 2-year · 14,025 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Midlands Technical College

    West Columbia, SC · Public · 2-year · 8,978 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Horry-Georgetown Technical College

    Conway, SC · Public · 2-year · 7,353 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Spartanburg Community College

    Spartanburg, SC · Public · 2-year · 6,330 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Tri-County Technical College

    Pendleton, SC · Public · 2-year · 5,780 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Piedmont Technical College

    Greenwood, SC · Public · 2-year · 4,999 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    York Technical College

    Rock Hill, SC · Public · 2-year · 4,731 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Florence-Darlington Technical College

    Florence, SC · Public · 2-year · 3,521 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, SC · Public · 4-year · 3,117 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Central Carolina Technical College

    Sumter, SC · Public · 2-year · 3,004 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Technical College of the Lowcountry

    Beaufort, SC · Public · 2-year · 2,349 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    University of South Carolina-Lancaster

    Lancaster, SC · Public · 2-year · 2,328 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Aiken Technical College

    Graniteville, SC · Public · 2-year · 2,218 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College

    Orangeburg, SC · Public · 2-year · 2,146 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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