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

  • Compass Score

    Seton Hall University

    South Orange, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,494 students
    Honor RollCatholic School Compass Honor Roll: a Faith score of 85 or higher (grade A), with all four faith pillars rated and none below 70 (grade B).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.FaithExcellentAcademicsStrong
  • Compass Score

    Felician University

    Lodi, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,236 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
  • Compass Score

    Saint Peter's University

    Jersey City, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,673 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
  • Compass Score

    Saint Elizabeth University

    Morristown, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,009 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.FaithLimitedAcademicsFair

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

    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    New Brunswick, NJ · Public · 4-year · 50,617 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

    Princeton University

    Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,922 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.Ivy LeagueOne of the eight Ivy League universities. Ivy League membership doesn't change any grade; this page rates Catholic life on campus.Catholic lifeExcellentAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Rutgers University-Camden

    Camden, NJ · Public · 4-year · 5,776 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

    Rowan University

    Glassboro, NJ · Public · 4-year · 19,660 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Newark, NJ · Public · 4-year · 13,007 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Kean University

    Union, NJ · Public · 4-year · 13,352 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Stevens Institute of Technology

    Hoboken, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,842 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsExcellent
  • Catholic Life Score

    Ramapo College of New Jersey

    Mahwah, NJ · Public · 4-year · 5,521 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Rutgers University-Newark

    Newark, NJ · Public · 4-year · 10,809 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    Stockton University

    Galloway, NJ · Public · 4-year · 8,788 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus

    Teaneck, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 7,607 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    The College of New Jersey

    Ewing, NJ · Public · 4-year · 7,652 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Drew University

    Madison, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,226 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Monmouth University

    West Long Branch, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,981 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus

    Madison, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,778 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel

    Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 172 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Rider University

    Lawrenceville, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,083 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Eastwick College-Ramsey

    Ramsey, NJ · Private for-profit · 4-year · 929 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Centenary University

    Hackettstown, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,453 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Caldwell University

    Caldwell, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,864 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 ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Georgian Court University

    Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,910 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 ratedAcademicsFair

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