List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024.[ 1] Catholic universities and colleges in the world.[ 2]
- Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina )Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas )Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois )Catholic International University (Charles Town, West Virginia )College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minnesota )The College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota )Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas )Mount Marty University (Yankton, South Dakota )Saint Anselm College (Goffstown, New Hampshire )Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota )Saint Leo University (St. Leo, Florida )Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington )Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania )University of Mary (Bismarck, North Dakota )Carroll College (Helena, Montana )Catholic International University (Charles Town, West Virginia )Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas )Gannon University (Erie, Pennsylvania )Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa )Mount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, Maryland )St. Ambrose University (Davenport, Iowa )St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida )Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey )Thomas More University (Crestview Hills, Kentucky )University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota )Albertus Magnus College (New Haven, Connecticut )Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan )Aquinas College (Nashville, Tennessee )Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, Missouri )Barry University (Miami, Florida )Bayamón Central University (Bayamón, Puerto Rico )Caldwell University (Caldwell, New Jersey )Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Berkeley, California )Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois )Dominican University (Orangeburg, New York )Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California )Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin )Molloy University (Rockville Centre, New York )Mount Saint Mary College (Newburgh, New York )Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, Ohio )Providence College (Providence, Rhode Island )St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, New York )Siena Heights University (Adrian, Michigan )Alvernia University (Reading, Pennsylvania ) - Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis Alverno College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) - School Sisters of St. Francis Briar Cliff University (Sioux City, Iowa ) - Sisters of St. Francis of DubuqueFelician University (Lodi, New Jersey ) - Felician Sisters Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) - known as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio ) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular Hilbert College (Hamburg, New York ) - Franciscan Sisters of St. JosephLourdes University (Sylvania, Ohio ) - Sisters of St. Francis SylvaniaMadonna University (Livonia, Michigan ) - Felician Sisters of LivoniaMarian University (Indianapolis, Indiana ) - Sisters of St. Francis OldenburgNeumann University (Aston, Pennsylvania ) - Sisters of St. Francis of PhiladelphiaSt. Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, New York ) - Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn Saint Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania ) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, Indiana ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration University of St. Francis (Joliet, Illinois ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Mary ImmaculateVilla Maria College (Buffalo, New York ) - Felician Sisters Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin ) - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ) Official site Canisius University (Buffalo, New York ) Official site College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts ) Official site Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska ) Official site Fairfield University (Fairfield, Connecticut ) Official site Fordham University (Bronx, New York , New York, New York & West Harrison, New York ) Official site Georgetown University (Washington, D.C. ) Official site Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington ) Official site John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio ) Official site Le Moyne College (DeWitt, New York ) Official site Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, California ) Official site Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, Illinois ) Official site Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland ) Official site Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana ) Official site Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) Official site Regis University (Denver, Colorado ) Official site Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Missouri ) Official site Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) Official site Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri ) Official site Saint Peter's University (Jersey City, New Jersey ) Official site Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California ) Official site Seattle University (Seattle, Washington ) Official site Spring Hill College (Mobile, Alabama ) Official site University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan ) Official site University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California ) Official site University of Scranton (Scranton, Pennsylvania ) Official site Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio ) Official site Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa ), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin MaryUniversity of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, Bronx, New York ), Sisters of Charity of New YorkCollege of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, New Jersey ), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New JerseyMount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio ), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official site Seton Hill University (Greensburg, Pennsylvania ), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of GreensburgSpalding University (Louisville, Kentucky ), Sisters of Charity of NazarethUniversity of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas ), Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word University of Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas ), Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Official site - Conference for Mercy Higher Education
Carlow University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) Official site College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Nebraska ) Official site Georgian Court University (Lakewood, New Jersey ) Official site Gwynedd Mercy University (Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania ) Official site Maria College (Albany, New York ) Official site Mercyhurst University (Erie, Pennsylvania ) Official site Misericordia University (Dallas, Pennsylvania ) Official site Mount Aloysius College (Cresson, Pennsylvania ) Official site Mount Mercy University (Cedar Rapids, Iowa ) Official site Saint Joseph's College of Maine (Standish, Maine ) Official site St. Xavier University (Chicago, Illinois ) Official site Salve Regina University (Newport, Rhode Island ) Official site Trocaire College (Buffalo, New York ) Official site University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan ) Official site University of Saint Joseph (West Hartford, Connecticut ) Official site - Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph
- Association of Marianist Universities
Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)Augustine Institute (Denver, Colorado ) Official site Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida ) Official site Bellarmine University (Louisville, Kentucky ) Official site Christendom College (Front Royal, Virginia ) Official site Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California ) Official site , founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael as an independent university of Catholic heritageHoly Apostles College and Seminary (Cromwell, Connecticut ) Official site Holy Spirit College (Atlanta, Georgia )John Paul the Great Catholic University (San Diego, California ) Official site Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts (Warner, New Hampshire ) Official site Marymount University (Arlington, Virginia ) Official site , founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of MaryMexican American Catholic College (San Antonio, Texas ) Official site , the Americas' only bilingual, bi-cultural Catholic college, formerly the Mexican American Cultural Center
Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, Connecticut )Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, California ) Official site Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, New Hampshire ) Official site University of Dallas (Irving, Texas ) Official site University of the Sacred Heart (San Juan, Puerto Rico ) Official site University of San Diego (San Diego, California ) Official site Ursuline College (Pepper Pike, Ohio ) Official site , maintains close ties to its founding religious congregation, the Ursuline Sisters of ClevelandWyoming Catholic College (Lander, Wyoming ) Official site Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana ), the only Catholic HBCU , founded by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Catholic dental schools
Catholic engineering schools
Benedictine College School of Engineering (Atchison, Kansas )Catholic University School of Engineering (Washington, D.C. )Christian Brothers University School of Engineering (Memphis, Tennessee )Fairfield University School of Engineering (Fairfield, Connecticut )Gannon University College of Engineering and Business (Erie, Pennsylvania )Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science (Spokane, Washington )Loyola Marymount University College of Science and Engineering (Los Angeles, California )Manhattan University School of Engineering (Riverdale, New York )Marquette University College of Engineering (Milwaukee, Wisconsin )Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology (St. Louis, Missouri )Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, Connecticut )Saint Martin's University Hal and Inge Marcus School of Engineering (Lacey, Washington )St. Mary's University School of Science, Engineering and Technology (San Antonio, Texas )Santa Clara University School of Engineering (Santa Clara, California )Seattle University College of Science and Engineering (Seattle, Washington )University of Dayton School of Engineering (Dayton, Ohio )University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering and Science (Detroit, Michigan )University of Mary School of EngineeringUniversity of Notre Dame College of Engineering (South Bend, Indiana )University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering (Portland, Oregon )University of St. Thomas School of Engineering (St. Paul, Minnesota )University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering (San Diego, California )Villanova University College of Engineering (Villanova, Pennsylvania )
Catholic law schools
Ave Maria School of Law (Naples, Florida )Barry University School of Law (Orlando, Florida )Boston College Law School (Newton, Massachusetts )Columbus School of Law (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. )Creighton University School of Law (Omaha, Nebraska )DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, Illinois )Duquesne University School of Law (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )Fordham University School of Law (New York, New York )Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C. )Gonzaga University School of Law (Spokane, Washington )Loyola Law School (Los Angeles, California )Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago, Illinois )Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (New Orleans, Louisiana )Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin )Notre Dame Law School (Notre Dame, Indiana )Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Ponce, Puerto Rico )St. John's University School of Law (Jamaica, New York )Saint Louis University School of Law (St. Louis, Missouri )St. Mary's University School of Law (San Antonio, Texas )St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida )Santa Clara University School of Law (Santa Clara, California )Seattle University School of Law (Seattle, Washington )Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, New Jersey )University of Dayton School of Law (Dayton, Ohio )University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan )University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minneapolis, Minnesota )University of San Diego School of Law (San Diego, California )University of San Francisco School of Law (San Francisco, California )Villanova University School of Law (Villanova, Pennsylvania )
Catholic medical schools
Catholic schools of professional psychology
Catholic Honor Society
Schools that have ended or renounced their affiliation with the Church:
Daemen University (Amherst, New York ) – founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian CharityLynn University (Boca Raton, Florida ) – formerly Marymount College of Boca RatonManhattanville University (Purchase, New York ) – ended affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York ) – ownership transferred to a lay board of trustees in 1969[ 4] Marymount Manhattan College (New York, New York )Maryville University (St. Louis, Missouri ) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) – formerly Marquette University College of MedicineMercy University (Dobbs Ferry, New York ) - renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in the 1970’s.Nazareth University (Rochester, New York ) – founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of RochesterNew York Medical College (Valhalla, New York ) – now part of Touro University System St. John Fisher University (Rochester, New York ) – founded by the Basilian Fathers (CSB); renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1968Stevenson University (Stevenson, Maryland ) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey ) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960sWebster University (Webster Groves, Missouri ) – founded by the Sisters of Loretto ; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
Defunct Catholic universities and colleges
Barat College (Lake Forest, Illinois )Cardinal Cushing College (Brookline, Massachusetts )Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi College of Santa Fe (became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed) (Santa Fe, New Mexico )Cardinal Newman College (St. Louis, Missouri )Claver College (Guthrie, Oklahoma )College of New Rochelle (New Rochelle, New York ) - founded in 1904 as New York state's first Catholic college for women; merged into Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, New York )College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch (Salt Lake City, Utah )College of Saint Teresa (Winona, Minnesota )College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas ) Official site Duchesne College (Omaha, Nebraska )
Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross (Washington, D.C. )Holy Family College (Manitowoc, Wisconsin )Holy Name College (Washington, D.C. )
Holy Names University (Oakland, California )Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles, California )Ladycliff College (Highland Falls, New York)
Lexington College (Chicago, Illinois ) Official site Marian Court College (Swampscott, Massachusetts ) Official site Mary Manse College (Toledo, Ohio ), active from 1922 to 1975, was operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns.Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa )Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan )Marylhurst University (Portland, Oregon ) Official site Marymount California University (Rancho Palos Verdes, California )Marymount College (Salina, Kansas )Marymount College (Tarrytown, New York )Mount Saint Mary College (Hooksett, New Hampshire )Notre Dame College (Manchester, New Hampshire )Oblate College (Washington, D.C. )
St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)St. Gregory's University (Shawnee, Oklahoma )Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana ) Official site St. Mary of the Plains College (Dodge City, Kansas )St. Viator College (Bourbonnais, Illinois )Southern Benedictine College (Cullman, Alabama )Southern Catholic College (Dawsonville, Georgia )Trinity College of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont )University of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, New Mexico )
See also
References
Further reading
Wodon, Quentin. "Catholic Higher Education in the United States: Exploring the Decision to Enroll from a Student’s (or a Student Advisor’s) Point of View." Religions 13.8 (2022): 732+ online .
