Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

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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70 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Columbia Basin College

    Pasco, WA · Public · 4-year · 6,729 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Faith International University

    Tacoma, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 370 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

    Kirkland, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,343 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    South Seattle College

    Seattle, WA · Public · 4-year · 5,295 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    City University of Seattle

    Seattle, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,970 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Perry Technical Institute

    Yakima, WA · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 973 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Antioch University-Seattle

    Seattle, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 800 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Bastyr University

    Kenmore, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 760 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

    Yakima, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 649 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Cornish College of the Arts

    Seattle, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 502 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pima Medical Institute-Seattle

    Seattle, WA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 450 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pima Medical Institute-Renton

    Renton, WA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 400 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Carrington College-Spokane

    Spokane, WA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 296 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

    Seattle, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 257 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs

    Spokane, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 170 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pacific Northwest Christian College

    Kennewick, WA · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 129 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Seattle Film Institute

    Seattle, WA · Private for-profit · 4-year · 81 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building

    Port Hadlock, WA · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 43 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine

    Seattle, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 43 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Great Northern University

    Spokane, WA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 36 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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