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.
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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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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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17 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

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

    Boise State University

    Boise, ID · Public · 4-year · 26,670 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
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    University of Idaho

    Moscow, ID · Public · 4-year · 11,849 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
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    The College of Idaho

    Caldwell, ID · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,076 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    New Saint Andrews College

    Moscow, ID · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 351 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Northwest Nazarene University

    Nampa, ID · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,774 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Idaho State University

    Pocatello, ID · Public · 4-year · 12,614 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Brigham Young University-Idaho

    Rexburg, ID · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 42,996 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Lewis-Clark State College

    Lewiston, ID · Public · 4-year · 3,706 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    College of Southern Idaho

    Twin Falls, ID · Public · 4-year · 8,775 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    College of Western Idaho

    Nampa, ID · Public · 2-year · 10,326 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    North Idaho College

    Coeur d'Alene, ID · Public · 2-year · 3,979 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    College of Eastern Idaho

    Idaho Falls, ID · Public · 2-year · 2,565 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Meridian, ID · Private for-profit · 4-year · 626 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus

    Boise, ID · Private for-profit · 4-year · 539 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Carrington College-Boise

    Boise, ID · Private for-profit · 2-year · 433 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Provo College-Idaho Falls Campus

    Idaho Falls, ID · Private for-profit · 4-year · 268 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Boise Bible College

    Boise, ID · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 103 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched

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