List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States explained
There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024.[1] They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.[2]
Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)
Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)
Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)
See also: List of Benedictine colleges and universities. - Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
- Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
- Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas)
- Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
- Catholic Distance 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)
Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)
- Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
- Catholic Distance 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)
Dominican (Order of Preachers)
- 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)
Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund)
See also: Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities.
Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares)
- 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 Dubuque
- Felician University (Lodi, New Jersey) - Felician Sisters
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - known as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016
- Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- Hilbert College (Hamburg, New York) - Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
- Lourdes University (Sylvania, Ohio) - Sisters of St. Francis Sylvania
- Madonna University (Livonia, Michigan) - Felician Sisters of Livonia
- Marian University (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
- Neumann University (Aston, Pennsylvania) - Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
- St. 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 Immaculate
- Villa Maria College (Buffalo, New York) - Felician Sisters
- Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin) - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross)
Jesuit (Society of Jesus)
- 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
Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)
- Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- University of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, Bronx, New York), Sisters of Charity of New York
- College of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, New Jersey), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
- Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official site
- Seton Hill University (Greensburg, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of Greensburg
- Spalding University (Louisville, Kentucky), Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
- University 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
Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
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
- Catholic Distance University (Charles Town, West Virginia) 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 heritage
- Holy 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 Mary
- Mexican 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 Cleveland
- Wyoming 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 College 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 Engineering
- University 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
Formerly Catholic universities and colleges
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 Charity
- Lynn University (Boca Raton, Florida) – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
- Manhattanville University (Purchase, New York) – ended affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971
- Marist 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 1972
- Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
- Mercy 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 Rochester
- New 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 1968
- Stevenson 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 1967
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
- Webster 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)
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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Member List. Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. February 6, 2024.
- See Quentin Wodon, "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.
- Web site: [Home page]]. Delta Epsilon Sigma.
- Web site: Marist History: 1929-1978 . 2023-09-04 . Marist College . en-US.
