Top Catholic Colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey I was just wondering what are the top Catholic colleges, I know Notre Dame, Georgetown and Boston College are the best, but any other good ones. A list of some really good ones would be awesome.</p>

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<p>Fordham, Villanova, Marist, Providence...</p>

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<p>Holy Cross (MA)
Villanova
Catholic U</p>

<p>There are about 50-75 of them.
Some names would surprise you like U Dallas and Gannon.</p>

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<p>St. Louis U, Loyola of Chicago, and Santa Clara are very good.</p>

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<p>Any Jesuit school will challenge you and get you to whatever next level you want to go to, if you push yourself.</p>

<p>But they are all a little different. Santa Clara and Holy Cross are as different as UC Davis and UCLA.</p>

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<p>Here is a link to a list of Jesuit colleges:
<a href="http://www.ajcunet.edu/tier.aspx?bid=54%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ajcunet.edu/tier.aspx?bid=54&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>That list is great....</p>

<p>Loyola marymount
University of San Diego
Boston College
Notre Dame
Georgetown</p>

<p>my personal favs</p>

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<p>Notre Dame,Georgetown, Holy Cross and Boston College.</p>

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<p>My top5 Catholic colleges:</p>

<p>Georgetown
Notre Dame
Boston College
Fordham
Villanova</p>

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<p>Notre Dame and Holy Cross have 2 of the strongest alumni networks with alumni giving rates around 50%.</p>

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<p>ckmets, Marist is not a Catholic college.</p>

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<p>I second Holy Cross, but I wouldn't eliminate schools even if they're not Catholic-affiliated. Duke is 20% Catholic and has a very active Catholic group, for example.</p>

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<p>Add University of San Francisco and St. Mary's</p>

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<p>Providence College and Fairfield</p>

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<p>Notre Dame
Georgetown
Boston College
Villanova
Providence
Holy Cross
Fairfield
Fordham
Loyola (Maryland, Chicago, New Orleans, Loyola Marymount)
Catholic U of America
DePaul
Marquette
U San Diego
U San Fransisco</p>

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<p>Marist was founded as a Catholic seminary (Marist Bros.) and while it isn't officially affiliated with the congregation anymore (ecumenical i think?), it still has a strong Catholic tradition. It is certainly known as a Catholic college.</p>

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<p>St. Joseph's University (Philly)</p>

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<p>My favorites are:
in no order</p>

<p>Notre Dame
Georgetown
Villanova
BC
U Scranton
Holy Cross
Fairfield
Loyola MD</p>

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<p>I am no expert on Catholic colleges, but in the US News list of Master's Universities in the West, four of the top six are Catholic (Gonzaga, U of Portland, Loyola Marymount, and Santa Clara) and the other two are Presbyterian (Whitworth and Trinity). FWIW...</p>

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<p>From an academic reputationor tradition, Holy Cross is the only Catholic school that has played most Ivies for over 100 years. HC is the oldest non-Ivy rival of Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale and Brown. Non-Catholic Colgate has similar athletic rival as Holy Cross and Colgate are rival in prestigious Patriot League. Patriot League schedules Ivy League in most sports.</p>