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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245 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

Other colleges with strong Catholic life

Rated on Catholic life on campus, not the full faith scorecard. Their Catholic Life Scores are not comparable with the Compass Scores of Catholic colleges.

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    Sam Houston State University

    Huntsville, TX · Public · 4-year · 21,403 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Lamar University

    Beaumont, TX · Public · 4-year · 17,473 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Trinity University

    San Antonio, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,694 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, TX · Public · 4-year · 53,082 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
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    Southwestern University

    Georgetown, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,457 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Criswell College

    Dallas, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 156 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Austin College

    Sherman, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,136 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    LeTourneau University

    Longview, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,389 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Parker University

    Dallas, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,196 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio

    San Antonio, TX · Private for-profit · 4-year · 3,206 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Wade College

    Dallas, TX · Private for-profit · 4-year · 205 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Abilene Christian University

    Abilene, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,114 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    University of Houston

    Houston, TX · Public · 4-year · 46,676 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Hallmark University

    San Antonio, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 879 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Western Technical College

    El Paso, TX · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,148 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Texas Lutheran University

    Seguin, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,361 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Southwestern Adventist University

    Keene, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 817 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Our Lady of the Lake University

    San Antonio, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,096 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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    Lubbock Christian University

    Lubbock, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,589 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Brazosport College

    Lake Jackson, TX · Public · 4-year · 4,100 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Western Technical College

    El Paso, TX · Private for-profit · 4-year · 635 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Houston-Clear Lake

    Houston, TX · Public · 4-year · 8,211 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Dallas Baptist University

    Dallas, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,201 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    East Texas Baptist University

    Marshall, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,833 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Texas State University

    San Marcos, TX · Public · 4-year · 38,722 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair

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