List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
There are 197 US members of ACCU (Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities), as of 2014.[1] They make up a significant number within the whole amount of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.
Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)
Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)
Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)
Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
- Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
- Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas)
- Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
- College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minnesota)
- The College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota)
- Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Mount Marty College (Yankton, South Dakota)
- Saint Anselm College (Goffstown, New Hampshire)
- Saint Gregory's University (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
- 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)
De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)
- Christian Brothers University (Memphis, Tennessee)
- La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois)
- Manhattan College (Riverdale, Bronx, New York)
- Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, California)
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, Minnesota)
- Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
- Catholic Distance University (Hamilton, Virginia)
- Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Gannon University (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa)
- Mount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
- Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, Connecticut)
- St. Ambrose University (Davenport, Iowa)
- St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida)
- Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey)
- Thomas More College (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 College (Orangeburg, New York)
- Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Berkeley, California)
- Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
- Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California)
- Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Molloy College (Rockville Centre, New York)
- Mount Saint Mary College (Newburgh, New York)
- Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, Ohio)
- Providence College (Providence, Rhode Island)
- St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)
- St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, New York)
- Siena Heights University (Adrian, Michigan)
Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund)
First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor)
- Franciscan School of Theology (Oceanside, California)
- Quincy University (Quincy, Illinois)
- St. Bonaventure University (Olean, New York)
- Siena College (Loudonville, New York)
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
- Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
- Felician College (Lodi, New Jersey) - Felician Sisters
- 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
- Our Lady of the Lake College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady
- St. Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, New York) - Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
- Saint Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- Silver Lake College (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) - Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
- 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)
- Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross
- King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)
- Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - Sisters of the Holy Cross
- Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)
- University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
- University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)
Jesuit (Society of Jesus)
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) Official site
- Canisius College (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 & West Harrison, New York) Official site
- Georgetown University (Washington, DC) Official site
- Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) Official site
- John Carroll University (Cleveland, Ohio) Official site
- Le Moyne College (Syracuse, 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
- Wheeling Jesuit University (Wheeling, West Virginia) Official site
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Official site
- Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, Indiana) Official site
- Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana) Official site
Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)
- The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) Official site
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce, PR) Official site
- Mount Mary University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) Official site
- Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin) Official site
- Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- College 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
Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence)
- La Roche College (McCandless, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
- Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas)
- Holy Names University (Oakland, California) Official site
- Marylhurst University (Portland, Oregon) 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
- Marian Court College (Swampscott, Massachusetts) 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
- St. Joseph's College (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
- Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California)
- Trinity Washington University (Washington, DC)
Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph
- Avila University (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- The College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York) Official site
- Elms College (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Official site
- Fontbonne University (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, California) Official site
- Regis College (Weston, Massachusetts)
- St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minnesota)
- St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn, New York)
- Immaculata University (near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Association of Marianist Universities
- Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii) Official site
- St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Texas) Official site
- University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) Official site
Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
- Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Official site
Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)
- DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
- Niagara University (Lewiston, New York)
- St. John's University (Jamaica, New York)
- 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
- College of New Rochelle (New Rochelle, New York) Official site, founded in 1904 as the first Catholic college for women in New York state
- College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas) 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
- Mary Manse College (Toledo, Ohio), operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns from 1922 to 1975
- Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan) Official site, sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- 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
- Northeast Catholic College (Warner, New Hampshire) Official site
- Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California) Official site, a fully accredited, independent, Catholic university founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
- Our Lady of the Lake College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Official site, founded by Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, who still sponsor the similarly named hospital
- 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 engineering schools
- Catholic University School of Engineering (Washington, DC)
- 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 (Bronx, New York)
- Marquette University College of Engineering (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology (St. Louis, Missouri)
- 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 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 (Naples, Florida)
- Barry University (Orlando, Florida)
- Boston College (Newton, Massachusetts)
- Columbus School of Law (The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC)
- Creighton University School of Law (Omaha, Nebraska)
- DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
- Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Fordham University School of Law (New York, New York)
- Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, DC)
- Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington)
- Loyola Law School (Los Angeles, California)
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
- Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Marquette University (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 (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 (Miami, Florida)
- Santa Clara University School of Law (Santa Clara, California)
- Seattle University School of Law (Seattle, Washington)
- Seton Hall University (Newark, New Jersey)
- University of Dayton School of Law (Dayton, Ohio)
- University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan)
- University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- University of San Diego (San Diego, California)
- University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
- Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
Catholic medical schools
- Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine (Miami Shores, Florida)
- Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, D.C.)
- Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood, Illinois)
- Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri)
Catholic schools of professional psychology
Catholic Honor Society
Delta Epsilon Sigma is the official national scholastic honor society for students, faculty, and alumni of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition.[2]
Formerly Catholic universities and colleges
Schools that have ended or renounced their affiliation with the Church:
- College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art and Design) (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Daemen College (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 College (Purchase, New York) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971
- Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1969
- Marymount Manhattan College (New York, New York)
- Maryville University (Saint Louis, Missouri) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972
- Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
- Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, New York)
- Nazareth College (Rochester, New York) – founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of Rochester
- New York Medical College (Valhalla, New York) – now part of Touro College
- St. John Fisher College (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 Newman College (St. Louis, Missouri)
- College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- College of Saint Teresa (Winona, Minnesota)
- Duchesne College (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross (Washington, DC)
- Holy Name College (Washington, DC)
- Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles, California)
- Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa)
- 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, DC)
- Saint Bernard College (Cullman, Alabama)
- Saint Mary of the Plains College (Dodge City, Kansas)
- Saint Viator College (Bourbonnais, Illinois)
- Southern Catholic College (Dawsonville, Georgia)
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vermont)
- University of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
References
- ^ "Member List". Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ http://deltaepsilonsigma.org/