Catholic School CompassTrue north for Catholic families.

Every accredited U.S. college

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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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14 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Compass Score

    Saint Michael's College

    Colchester, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,370 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

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

    University of Vermont

    Burlington, VT · Public · 4-year · 14,320 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
  • Not yet rated

    Middlebury College

    Middlebury, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,857 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
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    Bennington College

    Bennington, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 867 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsExcellent
  • Not yet rated

    Champlain College

    Burlington, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,328 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Norwich University

    Northfield, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 3,274 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsStrong
  • Not yet rated

    Landmark College

    Putney, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 650 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Vermont State University

    Randolph, VT · Public · 4-year · 5,136 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
  • Not yet rated

    Community College of Vermont

    Montpelier, VT · Public · 2-year · 5,377 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Vermont Law and Graduate School

    South Royalton, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 690 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
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    SIT Graduate Institute

    Brattleboro, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 640 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Vermont College of Fine Arts

    Montpelier, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 223 students
    Graduate onlyGraduate only: offers graduate or professional programs and no undergraduate degrees.Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Sterling College

    Craftsbury Common, VT · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 78 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
  • Not yet rated

    Vermont State Colleges-Office of the Chancellor

    Montpelier, VT · Public · 4-year
    Catholic life not yet researched

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