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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108 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Sweet Briar College

    Sweet Briar, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 464 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Longwood University

    Farmville, VA · Public · 4-year · 4,545 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Randolph College

    Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 634 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Hampton University

    Hampton, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,649 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Lynchburg

    Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,592 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Emory & Henry University

    Emory, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,364 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,436 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Washington University of Science and Technology

    Alexandria, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,105 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Marymount University

    Arlington, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,667 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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    University of Virginia's College at Wise

    Wise, VA · Public · 4-year · 1,911 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    South University-Richmond

    Glen Allen, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 417 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Virginia Wesleyan University

    Virginia Beach, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,711 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Regent University

    Virginia Beach, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 10,168 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Averett University

    Danville, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,378 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Virginia State University

    Petersburg, VA · Public · 4-year · 5,190 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Mary Baldwin University

    Staunton, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,792 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    American National University

    Salem, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 824 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of the Potomac-VA Campus

    FALLS CHURCH, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 547 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Norfolk State University

    Norfolk, VA · Public · 4-year · 6,045 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    ECPI University

    Virginia Beach, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 11,745 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Virginia University of Lynchburg

    Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 589 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Southern Virginia University

    Buena Vista, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 967 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of Management and Technology

    Arlington, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,167 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Ferrum College

    Ferrum, VA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 767 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    South University-Virginia Beach

    Virginia Beach, VA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 270 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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