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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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58 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Kansas

    Lawrence, KS · Public · 4-year · 28,406 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsStrong
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    Wichita State University

    Wichita, KS · Public · 4-year · 16,741 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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    Kansas State University

    Manhattan, KS · Public · 4-year · 19,745 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsStrong
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    Pittsburg State University

    Pittsburg, KS · Public · 4-year · 5,722 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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    Fort Hays State University

    Hays, KS · Public · 4-year · 12,843 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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    Washburn University

    Topeka, KS · Public · 4-year · 5,663 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Hesston College

    Hesston, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 308 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Ottawa University-Online

    Overland Park, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 957 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Baker University

    Baldwin City, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,945 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Emporia State University

    Emporia, KS · Public · 4-year · 4,658 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    MidAmerica Nazarene University

    Olathe, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,539 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Bethel College-North Newton

    North Newton, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 502 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Rasmussen University-Kansas

    Topeka, KS · Private for-profit · 4-year · 333 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Friends University

    Wichita, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,927 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Sterling College

    Sterling, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 707 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Kansas Wesleyan University

    Salina, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 951 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Southwestern College

    Winfield, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,139 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Barclay College

    Haviland, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 187 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    McPherson College

    McPherson, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 788 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Tabor College

    Hillsboro, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 664 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bethany College

    Lindsborg, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 637 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Ottawa University-Ottawa

    Ottawa, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,055 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Central Christian College of Kansas

    McPherson, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 455 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Kansas Christian College

    Overland Park, KS · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 143 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Haskell Indian Nations University

    Lawrence, KS · Public · 4-year · 878 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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