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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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70 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Peninsula College

    Port Angeles, WA · Public · 4-year · 1,837 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Big Bend Community College

    Moses Lake, WA · Public · 4-year · 1,786 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Shoreline Community College

    Shoreline, WA · Public · 4-year · 4,460 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Lake Washington Institute of Technology

    Kirkland, WA · Public · 4-year · 3,357 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Edmonds College

    Lynnwood, WA · Public · 4-year · 6,028 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Centralia College

    Centralia, WA · Public · 4-year · 2,335 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Skagit Valley College

    Mount Vernon, WA · Public · 4-year · 4,098 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Walla Walla Community College

    Walla Walla, WA · Public · 4-year · 2,982 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Northwest College of Art & Design

    Tacoma, WA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 150 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bellevue College

    Bellevue, WA · Public · 4-year · 11,472 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Spokane Community College

    Spokane, WA · Public · 4-year · 6,286 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Spokane Falls Community College

    Spokane, WA · Public · 4-year · 3,903 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Everett Community College

    Everett, WA · Public · 4-year · 6,211 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Clover Park Technical College

    Lakewood, WA · Public · 4-year · 3,040 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Cascadia College

    Bothell, WA · Public · 4-year · 2,013 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bellingham Technical College

    Bellingham, WA · Public · 4-year · 1,850 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Pierce College District

    Lakewood, WA · Public · 4-year · 7,427 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Seattle Central College

    Seattle, WA · Public · 4-year · 5,210 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Yakima Valley College

    Yakima, WA · Public · 4-year · 3,523 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bates Technical College

    Tacoma, WA · Public · 4-year · 3,817 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Tacoma Community College

    Tacoma, WA · Public · 4-year · 5,771 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    North Seattle College

    Seattle, WA · Public · 4-year · 5,017 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Olympic College

    Bremerton, WA · Public · 4-year · 5,413 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Lower Columbia College

    Longview, WA · Public · 4-year · 2,412 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Northwest Indian College

    Bellingham, WA · Public · 4-year · 696 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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