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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24 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    Saint Anselm College

    Manchester, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,078 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.FaithStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Compass Score

    Rivier University

    Nashua, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,879 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.FaithFairAcademicsFair

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

    Dartmouth College

    Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 6,746 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
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of New Hampshire

    Durham, NH · Public · 4-year · 13,626 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Colby-Sawyer College

    New London, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 950 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    University of New Hampshire at Manchester

    Manchester, NH · Public · 4-year · 748 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Keene State College

    Keene, NH · Public · 4-year · 2,846 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Franklin Pierce University

    Rindge, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,637 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Plymouth State University

    Plymouth, NH · Public · 4-year · 3,839 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    New England College

    Henniker, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,856 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online

    Manchester, NH · Public · 4-year · 1,326 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Southern New Hampshire University

    Manchester, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 184,099 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    NHTI-Concord's Community College

    Concord, NH · Public · 2-year · 2,613 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Manchester Community College

    Manchester, NH · Public · 2-year · 2,012 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Great Bay Community College

    Portsmouth, NH · Public · 2-year · 1,440 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Nashua Community College

    Nashua, NH · Public · 2-year · 1,262 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Antioch University-New England

    Keene, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 967 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Lakes Region Community College

    Laconia, NH · Public · 2-year · 695 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law

    Concord, NH · Public · 4-year · 685 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    River Valley Community College

    Claremont, NH · Public · 2-year · 674 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    White Mountains Community College

    Berlin, NH · Public · 2-year · 508 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    St Joseph School of Nursing

    Nashua, NH · Private nonprofit · 2-year · 96 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.FaithNot rated
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    Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

    Merrimack, NH · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 95 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.FaithNot rated
  • Not yet rated

    University System of New Hampshire System Office

    Concord, NH · Public · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researched

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