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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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85 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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    Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield

    Southfield, MI · Private for-profit · 4-year · 415 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

    Kalamazoo, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 352 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Calvin Theological Seminary

    Grand Rapids, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 307 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Ross College-Grand Rapids North

    Grand Rapids, MI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 267 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

    LAnse, MI · Public · 2-year · 222 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Michigan School of Psychology

    Farmington Hills, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 176 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

    Mount Pleasant, MI · Public · 2-year · 147 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Cranbrook Academy of Art

    Bloomfield Hills, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 119 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit

    Oak Park, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 71 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.All-maleAll-male: the school enrolls men only.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Ecumenical Theological Seminary

    Detroit, MI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 63 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched

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