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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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36 schools · Sorted by Best match (Catholic first)

  • Catholic Life Score

    West Virginia University

    Morgantown, WV · Public · 4-year · 24,200 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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    West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown

    Morgantown, WV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 584 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    West Liberty University

    West Liberty, WV · Public · 4-year · 2,348 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    West Virginia Wesleyan College

    Buckhannon, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 991 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Marshall University

    Huntington, WV · Public · 4-year · 11,027 students
    Catholic lifeNot ratedAcademicsFair
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    Davis & Elkins College

    Elkins, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 683 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsFair
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    Shepherd University

    Shepherdstown, WV · Public · 4-year · 3,318 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    University of Charleston

    Charleston, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 2,758 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    American Public University System

    Charles Town, WV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 50,187 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Fairmont State University

    Fairmont, WV · Public · 4-year · 3,307 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bethany College

    Bethany, WV · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 671 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Concord University

    Athens, WV · Public · 4-year · 1,798 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Bluefield State University

    Bluefield, WV · Public · 4-year · 1,270 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    West Virginia University Institute of Technology

    Beckley, WV · Public · 4-year · 1,448 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Glenville State University

    Glenville, WV · Public · 4-year · 1,633 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Valley College-Martinsburg

    Martinsburg, WV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 651 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    West Virginia State University

    Institute, WV · Public · 4-year · 3,458 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Potomac State College of West Virginia University

    Keyser, WV · Public · 4-year · 1,143 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Martinsburg College

    Martinsburg, WV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 3,228 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    West Virginia University at Parkersburg

    Parkersburg, WV · Public · 4-year · 2,584 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Salem University

    Salem, WV · Private for-profit · 4-year · 894 students
    Catholic life not yet researchedAcademicsLimited
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    Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

    Martinsburg, WV · Public · 2-year · 4,309 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Pierpont Community and Technical College

    Fairmont, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,939 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    BridgeValley Community & Technical College

    South Charleston, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,793 students
    Catholic life not yet researched
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    Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

    Logan, WV · Public · 2-year · 1,461 students
    Catholic life not yet researched

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