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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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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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18 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Hawaii at Manoa

    Honolulu, HI · Public · 4-year · 19,256 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
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    University of Hawaii at Hilo

    Hilo, HI · Public · 4-year · 2,781 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Brigham Young University-Hawaii

    Laie, HI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,836 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Hawaii-West Oahu

    Kapolei, HI · Public · 4-year · 2,863 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Pacific Rim Christian University

    Honolulu, HI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 169 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of Hawaii Maui College

    Kahului, HI · Public · 4-year · 2,647 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Hawaii Pacific University

    Honolulu, HI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,748 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Leeward Community College

    Pearl City, HI · Public · 2-year · 6,059 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Kapiolani Community College

    Honolulu, HI · Public · 2-year · 5,822 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Honolulu Community College

    Honolulu, HI · Public · 2-year · 3,204 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Windward Community College

    Kaneohe, HI · Public · 2-year · 2,743 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Hawaii Community College

    Hilo, HI · Public · 2-year · 2,260 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Kauai Community College

    Lihue, HI · Public · 2-year · 1,298 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Hawaii Medical College

    Honolulu, HI · Private for-profit · 2-year · 217 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine

    Honolulu, HI · Private for-profit · 4-year · 57 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    University of Phoenix-Hawaii

    Kapolei, HI · Private for-profit · 4-year · 10 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Hawaii Tokai International College

    Kapolei, HI · Private nonprofit · 2-year
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    University of Hawaii System Office

    Honolulu, HI · Public · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researched

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