Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

Colleges

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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Distance (miles)
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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30 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    Fairfield University

    Fairfield, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,289 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.FaithStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Compass Score

    Sacred Heart University

    Fairfield, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 11,179 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.FaithStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Compass Score

    University of Saint Joseph

    West Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,939 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.FaithFairAcademicsFair

Other colleges with strong Catholic life

Rated on Catholic life on campus, not the full faith scorecard. Their Catholic Life Scores are not comparable with the Compass Scores of Catholic colleges.

  • Catholic Life Score

    Yale University

    New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 15,081 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Ivy LeagueOne of the eight Ivy League universities. Ivy League membership doesn't change any grade; this page rates Catholic life on campus.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Connecticut

    Storrs, CT · Public · 4-year · 27,364 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Central Connecticut State University

    New Britain, CT · Public · 4-year · 9,712 students
    Campus Ministry Honor RollCampus Ministry Honor Roll: a Catholic life score of 85 or higher (grade A) at a college that is not Catholic.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Wesleyan University

    Middletown, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,271 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Bridgeport

    Bridgeport, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,103 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Willimantic, CT · Public · 4-year · 3,979 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Hartford

    West Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,913 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Quinnipiac University

    Hamden, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,918 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    United States Coast Guard Academy

    New London, CT · Public · 4-year · 1,081 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Trinity College

    Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,276 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Connecticut College

    New London, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,995 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Charter Oak State College

    New Britain, CT · Public · 4-year · 1,766 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Connecticut-Avery Point

    Groton, CT · Public · 4-year · 474 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Goodwin University

    East Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,034 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Southern Connecticut State University

    New Haven, CT · Public · 4-year · 8,820 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Western Connecticut State University

    Danbury, CT · Public · 4-year · 4,137 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of New Haven

    West Haven, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,830 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Connecticut-Stamford

    Stamford, CT · Public · 4-year · 2,240 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

    Hartford, CT · Public · 4-year · 1,494 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Albertus Magnus College

    New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,161 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.FaithNot ratedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Mitchell College

    New London, CT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 500 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

    Waterbury, CT · Public · 4-year · 760 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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