Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

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

  • Compass Score

    Carroll College

    Helena, MT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,103 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.FaithStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Compass Score

    University of Providence

    Great Falls, MT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 677 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

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

    Montana State University

    Bozeman, MT · Public · 4-year · 16,960 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

    The University of Montana

    Missoula, MT · Public · 4-year · 10,327 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Blackfeet Community College

    Browning, MT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 282 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Montana Technological University

    Butte, MT · Public · 4-year · 1,622 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Salish Kootenai College

    Pablo, MT · Public · 4-year · 648 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Aaniiih Nakoda College

    Harlem, MT · Public · 4-year · 133 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    The University of Montana-Western

    Dillon, MT · Public · 4-year · 1,458 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Rocky Mountain College

    Billings, MT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 991 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Montana State University-Northern

    Havre, MT · Public · 4-year · 1,021 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Stone Child College

    Box Elder, MT · Public · 4-year · 261 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Montana State University Billings

    Billings, MT · Public · 4-year · 4,092 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Flathead Valley Community College

    Kalispell, MT · Public · 2-year · 2,201 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Helena College University of Montana

    Helena, MT · Public · 2-year · 1,485 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Great Falls College Montana State University

    Great Falls, MT · Public · 2-year · 1,318 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Highlands College of Montana Tech

    Butte, MT · Public · 2-year · 699 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Miles Community College

    Miles City, MT · Public · 2-year · 670 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Fort Peck Community College

    Poplar, MT · Public · 2-year · 534 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Dawson Community College

    Glendive, MT · Public · 2-year · 406 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Little Big Horn College

    Crow Agency, MT · Public · 2-year · 378 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Chief Dull Knife College

    Lame Deer, MT · Public · 2-year · 242 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Montana Bible College

    Billings, MT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 47 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Pima Medical Institute-Dillon

    Dillon, MT · Private for-profit · 2-year · 21 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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