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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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29 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Maine

    Orono, ME · Public · 4-year · 11,760 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of New England

    Biddeford, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,473 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Bowdoin College

    Brunswick, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,850 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Colby College

    Waterville, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,284 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Bates College

    Lewiston, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,753 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    College of the Atlantic

    Bar Harbor, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 367 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Maine College of Health Professions

    Lewiston, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 228 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Maine Maritime Academy

    Castine, ME · Public · 4-year · 913 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Maine College of Art & Design

    Portland, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 474 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Maine at Farmington

    Farmington, ME · Public · 4-year · 1,950 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Husson University

    Bangor, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,133 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Southern Maine

    Portland, ME · Public · 4-year · 7,528 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of Maine at Fort Kent

    Fort Kent, ME · Public · 4-year · 1,406 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Thomas College

    Waterville, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,669 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    University of Maine at Augusta

    Augusta, ME · Public · 4-year · 4,323 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    University of Maine at Presque Isle

    Presque Isle, ME · Public · 4-year · 2,187 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Beal University

    Bangor, ME · Private for-profit · 4-year · 520 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Unity Environmental University

    New Gloucester, ME · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,359 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Southern Maine Community College

    South Portland, ME · Public · 2-year · 7,205 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Central Maine Community College

    Auburn, ME · Public · 2-year · 4,121 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Eastern Maine Community College

    Bangor, ME · Public · 2-year · 2,531 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Kennebec Valley Community College

    Fairfield, ME · Public · 2-year · 2,381 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    York County Community College

    Wells, ME · Public · 2-year · 1,782 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Northern Maine Community College

    Presque Isle, ME · Public · 2-year · 772 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Washington County Community College

    Calais, ME · Public · 2-year · 685 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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