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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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21 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Nevada-Reno

    Reno, NV · Public · 4-year · 21,778 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 Nevada-Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, NV · Public · 4-year · 31,094 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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    Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,185 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Nevada State University

    Henderson, NV · Public · 4-year · 7,283 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Western Nevada College

    Carson City, NV · Public · 4-year · 4,188 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Great Basin College

    Elko, NV · Public · 4-year · 2,936 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Chamberlain University-Nevada

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 573 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Truckee Meadows Community College

    Reno, NV · Public · 4-year · 10,006 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    College of Southern Nevada

    Las Vegas, NV · Public · 4-year · 29,081 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Northwest Career College

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 2,222 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Touro University Nevada

    Henderson, NV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,625 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Roseman University of Health Sciences

    Henderson, NV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,398 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 748 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Las Vegas College

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 545 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Carrington College-Reno

    Reno, NV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 500 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Nevada Career Institute

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 396 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Carrington College-Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 2-year · 359 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Wongu University of Oriental Medicine

    Las Vegas, NV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 25 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    DeVry University-Nevada

    Henderson, NV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 4 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Galen Health Institutes-Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Nevada System of Higher Education-System Office

    Reno, NV · Public · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researched

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