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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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136 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, NC · Public · 4-year · 32,234 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
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    North Carolina State University at Raleigh

    Raleigh, NC · Public · 4-year · 37,323 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
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    Duke University

    Durham, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 17,112 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, NC · Public · 4-year · 30,298 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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    Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,121 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Elon University

    Elon, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 7,207 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    High Point University

    High Point, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,052 students
    RecommendedCompass Recommended: a Catholic life score of 80 or higher. A college with an Academic Excellence score must also reach 80 on its Compass Score.Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    East Carolina University

    Greenville, NC · Public · 4-year · 26,785 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of North Carolina Wilmington

    Wilmington, NC · Public · 4-year · 17,987 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Western Carolina University

    Cullowhee, NC · Public · 4-year · 11,628 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Campbell University

    Buies Creek, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 5,115 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Davidson College

    Davidson, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,904 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    University of North Carolina School of the Arts

    Winston Salem, NC · Public · 4-year · 1,074 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    Charlotte, NC · Public · 4-year · 410 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Manna University

    Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 230 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

    Concord, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 753 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Meredith College

    Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,576 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Appalachian State University

    Boone, NC · Public · 4-year · 21,253 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Queens University of Charlotte

    Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,846 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    University of North Carolina Asheville

    Asheville, NC · Public · 4-year · 2,925 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Salem College

    Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 519 students
    All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Mars Hill University

    Mars Hill, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,049 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Warren Wilson College

    Swannanoa, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 797 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, NC · Public · 4-year · 17,743 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Catawba College

    Salisbury, NC · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,241 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair

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