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Every accredited U.S. college

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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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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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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85 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Lansing Community College

    Lansing, MI · Public · 2-year · 9,207 students
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    Delta College

    University Center, MI · Public · 2-year · 7,646 students
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    Mott Community College

    Flint, MI · Public · 2-year · 6,482 students
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    Kalamazoo Valley Community College

    Kalamazoo, MI · Public · 2-year · 6,320 students
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    Kellogg Community College

    Battle Creek, MI · Public · 2-year · 3,734 students
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    Muskegon Community College

    Muskegon, MI · Public · 2-year · 3,518 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Mid Michigan College

    Harrison, MI · Public · 2-year · 3,416 students
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    St. Clair County Community College

    Port Huron, MI · Public · 2-year · 3,105 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Lake Michigan College

    Benton Harbor, MI · Public · 2-year · 2,904 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Monroe County Community College

    Monroe, MI · Public · 2-year · 2,250 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Bay de Noc Community College

    Escanaba, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,996 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Southwestern Michigan College

    Dowagiac, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,953 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Universal Technical Institute-Canton

    Canton, MI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 1,645 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Montcalm Community College

    Sidney, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,587 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    North Central Michigan College

    Petoskey, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,540 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Kirtland Community College

    Grayling, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,538 students
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    Glen Oaks Community College

    Centreville, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,215 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Walsh College

    Troy, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,134 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    West Shore Community College

    Scottville, MI · Public · 2-year · 1,028 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Gogebic Community College

    Ironwood, MI · Public · 2-year · 844 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Dorsey College

    Madison Heights, MI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 547 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Thomas M Cooley Law School

    Lansing, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 451 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Dorsey College-Dearborn

    Detroit, MI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 450 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Dorsey College-Roseville

    Roseville, MI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 443 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Western Theological Seminary

    Holland, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 424 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched

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