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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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238 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    Rice University

    Houston, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 8,556 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
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    Texas A&M University-College Station

    College Station, TX · Public · 4-year · 76,633 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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    Southern Methodist University

    Dallas, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 11,842 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
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    Baylor University

    Waco, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 20,824 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
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    Texas Christian University

    Fort Worth, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 12,785 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 lifeStrongAcademicsExcellent
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    Stephen F Austin State University

    Nacogdoches, TX · Public · 4-year · 10,888 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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    Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, TX · Public · 4-year · 40,773 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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    The University of Texas at San Antonio

    San Antonio, TX · Public · 4-year · 34,864 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsLimited
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    Texas Woman's University

    Denton, TX · Public · 4-year · 15,664 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsLimited
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    West Texas A & M University

    Canyon, TX · Public · 4-year · 8,997 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Angelo State University

    San Angelo, TX · Public · 4-year · 11,250 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 lifeExcellentAcademicsLimited
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    The University of Texas at Dallas

    Richardson, TX · Public · 4-year · 30,885 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsStrong
  • Catholic Life Score

    The University of Texas at Tyler

    Tyler, TX · Public · 4-year · 9,678 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsFair
  • Catholic Life Score

    Texas A&M University-Kingsville

    Kingsville, TX · Public · 4-year · 6,562 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Tarleton State University

    Stephenville, TX · Public · 4-year · 15,937 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

    Belton, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,520 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    The University of Texas at El Paso

    El Paso, TX · Public · 4-year · 24,351 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi, TX · Public · 4-year · 10,855 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    The University of Texas at Arlington

    Arlington, TX · Public · 4-year · 43,992 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Texas Southern University

    Houston, TX · Public · 4-year · 8,469 students
    Catholic lifeStrongAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Sam Houston State University

    Huntsville, TX · Public · 4-year · 21,403 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Catholic Life Score

    Lamar University

    Beaumont, TX · Public · 4-year · 17,473 students
    Catholic lifeFairAcademicsLimited
  • Not yet rated

    Trinity University

    San Antonio, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,694 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, TX · Public · 4-year · 53,082 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Southwestern University

    Georgetown, TX · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,457 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong

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