Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

Colleges

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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35 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    Creighton University

    Omaha, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,255 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.FaithStrongAcademicsExcellent

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

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Lincoln, NE · Public · 4-year · 23,986 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
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Nebraska at Omaha

    Omaha, NE · Public · 4-year · 15,015 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

    University of Nebraska at Kearney

    Kearney, NE · Public · 4-year · 6,017 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Bryan College of Health Sciences

    Lincoln, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 746 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Union Adventist University

    Lincoln, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 635 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    College of Saint Mary

    Omaha, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 733 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.All-femaleAll-female: the school enrolls women only.FaithNot ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

    Omaha, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,040 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Doane University

    Crete, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,948 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Nebraska Wesleyan University

    Lincoln, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,690 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Concordia University-Nebraska

    Seward, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,423 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Clarkson College

    Omaha, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,078 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Hastings College

    Hastings, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,011 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    York University

    York, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 585 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Wayne State College

    Wayne, NE · Public · 4-year · 4,807 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Chadron State College

    Chadron, NE · Public · 4-year · 2,205 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Midland University

    Fremont, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,557 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Peru State College

    Peru, NE · Public · 4-year · 1,638 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Nebraska Indian Community College

    Macy, NE · Public · 4-year · 624 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Bellevue University

    Bellevue, NE · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 14,476 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Metropolitan Community College Area

    Omaha, NE · Public · 2-year · 15,964 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Southeast Community College Area

    Lincoln, NE · Public · 2-year · 9,799 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Central Community College

    Grand Island, NE · Public · 2-year · 6,862 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Northeast Community College

    Norfolk, NE · Public · 2-year · 5,595 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, NE · Public · 4-year · 3,786 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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