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.
Ratings
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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    Savannah Technical College

    Savannah, GA · Public · 2-year · 3,581 students
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    Atlanta Technical College

    Atlanta, GA · Public · 2-year · 3,493 students
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    Columbus Technical College

    Columbus, GA · Public · 2-year · 3,153 students
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    Georgia Piedmont Technical College

    Clarkston, GA · Public · 2-year · 2,977 students
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    Albany Technical College

    Albany, GA · Public · 2-year · 2,761 students
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    North Georgia Technical College

    Clarkesville, GA · Public · 2-year · 2,696 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Ogeechee Technical College

    Statesboro, GA · Public · 2-year · 2,264 students
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    Oconee Fall Line Technical College

    Sandersville, GA · Public · 2-year · 2,000 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Southeastern Technical College

    Vidalia, GA · Public · 2-year · 1,887 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    South Georgia Technical College

    Americus, GA · Public · 2-year · 1,725 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Emory University-Oxford College

    Oxford, GA · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 973 students
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    Morehouse School of Medicine

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 935 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta

    Duluth, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 779 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Luther Rice College & Seminary

    Lithonia, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 556 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee

    Chamblee, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 529 students
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    Miller-Motte College-Augusta

    Augusta, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 524 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Fortis College-Smyrna

    Smyrna, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 488 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service

    Decatur, GA · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 451 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta

    Marietta, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 438 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Atlanta's John Marshall Law School

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 350 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Reformed University

    Lawrenceville, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 331 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Miller-Motte College-Columbus

    Columbus, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 270 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Atlanta Institute of Music and Media

    Duluth, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 264 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Miller-Motte College-Macon

    Macon, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 206 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus

    Marietta, GA · Private for-profit · 2-year · 168 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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