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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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57 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Louisville

    Louisville, KY · Public · 4-year · 22,139 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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    University of Kentucky

    Lexington, KY · Public · 4-year · 32,703 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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    Murray State University

    Murray, KY · Public · 4-year · 9,841 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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    Western Kentucky University

    Bowling Green, KY · Public · 4-year · 16,759 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

    Eastern Kentucky University

    Richmond, KY · Public · 4-year · 15,008 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Morehead State University

    Morehead, KY · Public · 4-year · 8,618 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Northern Kentucky University

    Highland Heights, KY · Public · 4-year · 14,961 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Centre College

    Danville, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,356 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Transylvania University

    Lexington, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,022 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Berea College

    Berea, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,487 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Sullivan University

    Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 2,855 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Asbury University

    Wilmore, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,942 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

    Louisville, KY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 4,794 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Kentucky Christian University

    Grayson, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 541 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Pikeville

    Pikeville, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,610 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Georgetown College

    Georgetown, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,463 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Midway University

    Midway, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,945 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Beckfield College-Florence

    Florence, KY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 612 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    American National University-Pikeville

    Pikeville, KY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 329 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Kentucky Wesleyan College

    Owensboro, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 834 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Lindsey Wilson College

    Columbia, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,055 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    University of the Cumberlands

    Williamsburg, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 20,327 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Campbellsville University

    Campbellsville, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 12,451 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Alice Lloyd College

    Pippa Passes, KY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 553 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Kentucky State University

    Frankfort, KY · Public · 4-year · 1,689 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited

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