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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State: West VirginiaClear all

38 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

    Logan, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,461 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Mountwest Community and Technical College

    Huntington, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,459 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    West Virginia Northern Community College

    Wheeling, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,263 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    New River Community and Technical College

    Beaver, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,262 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

    Lewisburg, WV · Public · 4-year · 795 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College

    Moorefield, WV · Public · 2-year · 416 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    West Virginia Junior College-Charleston

    Cross Lanes, WV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 317 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Appalachian Bible College

    Mount Hope, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 218 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Huntington Junior College

    Huntington, WV · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 209 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Valley College-Beckley

    Beckley, WV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 181 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport

    Bridgeport, WV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 175 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Catholic International University

    Charles Town, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 171 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.Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Faith scorecard not yet researched
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    Future Generations University

    Franklin, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 44 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched

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