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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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108 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, GA · Public · 4-year · 47,946 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
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    Emory University

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 15,046 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
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    University of Georgia

    Athens, GA · Public · 4-year · 41,615 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
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    Georgia Southern University

    Statesboro, GA · Public · 4-year · 26,041 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsLimited
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    Kennesaw State University

    Kennesaw, GA · Public · 4-year · 45,069 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Valdosta State University

    Valdosta, GA · Public · 4-year · 10,151 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of North Georgia

    Dahlonega, GA · Public · 4-year · 18,074 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
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    Mercer University

    Macon, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,124 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Clark Atlanta University

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,135 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
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    University of West Georgia

    Carrollton, GA · Public · 4-year · 12,728 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Georgia State University

    Atlanta, GA · Public · 4-year · 34,974 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Spelman College

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,633 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Agnes Scott College

    Decatur, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,077 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Covenant College

    Lookout Mountain, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 928 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Berry College

    Mount Berry, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,370 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Morehouse College

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,738 students
    All-maleAll-male: the school enrolls men only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Savannah College of Art and Design

    Savannah, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 17,575 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Georgia College & State University

    Milledgeville, GA · Public · 4-year · 6,811 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Wesleyan College

    Macon, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 641 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Beulah Heights University

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 375 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Oglethorpe University

    Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,522 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Augusta University

    Augusta, GA · Public · 4-year · 9,862 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    LaGrange College

    Lagrange, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 671 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Piedmont University

    Demorest, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,840 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Reinhardt University

    Waleska, GA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,170 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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