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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14 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    Providence College

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,635 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.FaithExcellentAcademicsExcellent

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

    Brown University

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 11,516 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

    University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, RI · Public · 4-year · 17,351 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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    Rhode Island School of Design

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,540 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Bryant University

    Smithfield, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,592 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Salve Regina University

    Newport, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,836 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 ratedAcademicsStrong
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    Roger Williams University

    Bristol, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,344 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    New England Institute of Technology

    East Greenwich, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,850 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
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    Johnson & Wales University-Providence

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 4,372 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Rhode Island College

    Providence, RI · Public · 4-year · 5,767 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsLimited
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    Johnson & Wales University-Online

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,597 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Community College of Rhode Island

    Warwick, RI · Public · 2-year · 12,518 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Roger Williams University School of Law

    Bristol, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 517 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    College Unbound

    Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 401 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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