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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70 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 13,174 students
    Honor RollCatholic School Compass Honor Roll: a Faith score of 85 or higher (grade A), with all four faith pillars rated and none below 70 (grade B).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.FaithExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Compass Score

    University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne

    Fort Wayne, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,852 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Faith score of 80 or higher, at least three of the four pillars rated, and none below C (55). A school with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.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.FaithExcellentAcademicsFair
  • Compass Score

    Holy Cross College

    Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 547 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.FaithStrongAcademicsFair
  • Compass Score

    Saint Mary's College

    Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,518 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.All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.FaithStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Compass Score

    Marian University

    Indianapolis, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,586 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

    Calumet College of Saint Joseph

    Whiting, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 674 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.FaithFairAcademicsLimited
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    Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

    Saint Mary of the Woods, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,227 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.FaithLimitedAcademicsLimited

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

    Indiana State University

    Terre Haute, IN · Public · 4-year · 8,304 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

    Ball State University

    Muncie, IN · Public · 4-year · 20,440 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

    Butler University

    Indianapolis, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,763 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Southern Indiana

    Evansville, IN · Public · 4-year · 9,282 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

    University of Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,447 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Purdue University

    West Lafayette, IN · Public · 4-year · 52,905 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

    Terre Haute, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,250 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    DePauw University

    Greencastle, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,819 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Wabash College

    Crawfordsville, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 845 students
    All-maleAll-male: the school enrolls men only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Earlham College

    Richmond, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 696 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Indiana University-Bloomington

    Bloomington, IN · Public · 4-year · 47,527 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Taylor University

    Upland, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,398 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Hanover College

    Hanover, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,157 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    University of Evansville

    Evansville, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,109 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Valparaiso University

    Valparaiso, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,846 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion

    Marion, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,207 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Huntington University

    Huntington, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,504 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Oakland City University

    Oakland City, IN · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 650 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair

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