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] They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world. ^[2]

Adorers of the Blood of Christ

• Newman University (Wichita, Kansas)

Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)

• Assumption University (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Augustinian (Order of Saint Augustine)

• Merrimack College (North Andover, Massachusetts)
• Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania)

Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)

• University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas)

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)
• 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)

Brothers of Christian Instruction

• Walsh University (North Canton, Ohio)

Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)

• Iona University (New Rochelle, New York)

Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes

• Marian University (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)

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 University (Riverdale, Bronx, New York)
• Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, California)
• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, Minnesota)

Diocesan

• 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)

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)

• Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vermont)

Franciscan

See also: Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities

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)

Third Order of Saint Francis

• 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

Grey Nuns

• D'Youville University (Buffalo, New York)

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)

See also: Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

• 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

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

• Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, Indiana) Official site
• Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana) Official site

Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)

• St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin) Official site

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

• DeSales University (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) Official site

Pontifical

• The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.) Official site
• Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico) Official site

School Sisters of Notre Dame

• Mount Mary University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, Maryland)

Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters

• Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) Official site
• Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin) Official site

Sisters of Charity

• 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
• Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official site
• Saint Elizabeth University (Morristown, New Jersey), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
• 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 University (McCandless, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
• Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas)

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

• Holy Family University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Sisters of Mercy

- 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

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

• Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California), offering graduate programs only since 2021
• Trinity Washington University (Washington, D.C.)

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

• Rivier University (Nashua, New Hampshire)

Sisters of Providence (Montreal)

• University of Providence (Great Falls, Montana) Official site

Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Terre Haute, Indiana)

Sisters of Saint Anne

• Anna Maria College (Paxton, Massachusetts)

Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US)

• Manor College (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)

Sisters of St. Joseph

- Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph

• Avila University (Kansas City, Missouri)
• Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Elms College (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Official site
• Fontbonne University (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Mount St. Mary's University (Los Angeles, California) Official site
• Regis College (Weston, Massachusetts)
• St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minnesota)
• St. Joseph's University (Brooklyn, New York)

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

• Immaculata University (Malvern, Pennsylvania)
• Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania)

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

• Rosemont College (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)

Society of Mary (Marianists)

- 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)

• Brescia University (Owensboro, Kentucky) Official site

Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission)

• DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
• Niagara University (Lewiston, New York)
• St. John's University (Jamaica, New York)

Independent

• 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 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
• 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

• Creighton University School of Dentistry (Omaha, Nebraska)
• Marquette University School of Dentistry (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry (Detroit, Michigan)

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 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

• 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)
• University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (San Antonio, Texas)

Catholic schools of professional psychology

• Divine Mercy University, Institute for the Psychological Sciences (Arlington, Virginia)

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. ^[3]

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)
• Cabrini University (Radnor, Pennsylvania)
• Cardinal Cushing College (Brookline, Massachusetts)
• Cardinal Newman College (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
• 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)
• The College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York)
• College of Saint Teresa (Winona, Minnesota)
• College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas) Official site
• College of Santa Fe (became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed) (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
• 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)
• Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts (Warner, New Hampshire)
• 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)
• Notre Dame College (South Euclid, Ohio)
• Oblate College (Washington, D.C.)
• St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)
• St. Gregory's University (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
• 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

• History of Catholic education in the United States

References

1. "Member List". Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities . Retrieved February 6, 2024.
2. 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.
3. "[Home page]". Delta Epsilon Sigma.
4. "Marist History: 1929-1978". Marist College. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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.