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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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19 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    North Dakota State University

    Fargo, ND · Public · 4-year · 11,952 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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    University of North Dakota

    Grand Forks, ND · Public · 4-year · 14,172 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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    Turtle Mountain Community College

    Belcourt, ND · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 698 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Valley City State University

    Valley City, ND · Public · 4-year · 1,754 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Bismarck State College

    Bismarck, ND · Public · 4-year · 4,065 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    University of Jamestown

    Jamestown, ND · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,215 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Mayville State University

    Mayville, ND · Public · 4-year · 1,025 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Minot State University

    Minot, ND · Public · 4-year · 2,741 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Dickinson State University

    Dickinson, ND · Public · 4-year · 1,453 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Sitting Bull College

    Fort Yates, ND · Public · 4-year · 263 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    United Tribes Technical College

    Bismarck, ND · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 542 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

    New Town, ND · Public · 4-year · 158 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    North Dakota State College of Science

    Wahpeton, ND · Public · 2-year · 3,140 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Lake Region State College

    Devils Lake, ND · Public · 2-year · 1,810 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Dakota College at Bottineau

    Bottineau, ND · Public · 2-year · 1,180 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Williston State College

    Williston, ND · Public · 2-year · 912 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Cankdeska Cikana Community College

    Fort Totten, ND · Public · 2-year · 325 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Trinity Bible College and Graduate School

    Ellendale, ND · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 244 students
    Seminary / theologySeminary or theology school: listed for the priestly or theological programs it offers.Catholic life not yet researched
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    Rasmussen University-North Dakota

    Fargo, ND · Private for-profit · 4-year · 44 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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