List of Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States

There are 244 Catholic universities and colleges in the United States.^[1] They make up a significant number within the whole amount of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.

Contents 1 Catholic Honor Society 2 Augustinian (Hermits of St. Augustine) Official Site 3 Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) Official Site 4 Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil) Official Site 5 Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict) Official Site 6 Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers) Official Site 7 Diocesan 8 Dominican (Order of Preachers) Official Site 9 Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund) Official Site 10 Franciscan 10.1 First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor) Official Site 10.2 Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares) 10.3 Third Order of Saint Francis 11 Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross) Official Site 12 Jesuit (Society of Jesus) Official Site 13 Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) Official Site 14 Legionaries of Christ 15 Missionaries of the Precious Blood 16 Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 17 Norbertine 18 Oblates of St. Francis de Sales 19 Opus Dei Official Site 20 Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters 21 Sisters of Charity 22 Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence) 23 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth 24 Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary 25 Sisters of Mercy Official Site 26 Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld Official Site 27 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Official Site 28 Sisters of St. Joseph 29 School Sisters of Notre Dame 30 Sisters of Providence (Montreal, Quebec) 31 Marianists (Society of Mary) Official Site 32 Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) Official Site 33 Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph) 34 Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission) Official Site 35 Independent 36 Catholic medical schools 37 Catholic law schools 38 Formerly Catholic colleges and universities 39 Closed/extant Catholic universities and colleges 40 References

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]

Augustinian (Hermits of St. Augustine) Official Site

1. Merrimack College (North Andover, MA) Official Site
2. Villanova University (Villanova, PA) Official Site

Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) Official Site

1. Assumption College (Worcester, MA) Official Site

Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil) Official Site

1. University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX) Official Site

Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict) Official Site

Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities Official Site

1. Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, NC) Official Site
2. Benedictine College (Atchison, KS) Official Site
3. Benedictine University (Lisle, IL) Official Site
4. Saint Leo University (Saint Leo, FL) Official Site
5. College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, MN) Official Site
6. The College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN) Official Site
7. Mount Marty College (Yankton, SD) Official Site
8. Saint Anselm College (Goffstown, NH) Official Site
9. Saint Gregory's University (Shawnee, OK) Official Site
10. Saint John's University (Collegeville, MN) Official Site
11. Saint Martin's University (Lacey, WA) Official Site
12. Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) Official Site
13. University of Mary (Bismarck, ND) Official Site

Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers) Official Site

1. Iona College (New Rochelle, NY), Official Site

Diocesan

1. Carroll College (Helena, MT), Official Site Diocese of Helena, Montana
2. Catholic Distance University (Hamilton, VA), Official Site Diocese of Arlington
3. Gannon University (Erie, PA), Official Site Diocese of Erie
4. Loras College (Dubuque, IA), Official Site Archdiocese of Dubuque
5. Mount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, MD) Official Site
6. St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA) Official Site Diocese of Davenport
7. St. Thomas University (Miami, FL) Official Site Archdiocese of Miami
8. Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), Archdiocese of Newark
9. Thomas More College (Crestview Hills, KY) Official Site
10. University of Dallas (Dallas, TX), Official Site Diocese of Dallas
11. University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), Official Site Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Dominican (Order of Preachers) Official Site

1. Albertus Magnus College (New Haven, CT) Official Site
2. Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, MO) Official Site
3. Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI) Official Site
4. Aquinas College (Nashville, TN) Official Site
5. Barry University (Miami, FL) Official Site
6. Caldwell College (Caldwell, NJ) Official Site
7. Dominican College (Orangeburg, NY) Official Site
8. Dominican University (River Forest, IL) Official Site
9. Dominican University of California (San Rafael, CA) Official Site
10. Edgewood College (Madison, WI) Official Site
11. Molloy College (Rockville Centre, NY) Official Site
12. Mount Saint Mary College (Newburgh, NY) Official Site
13. Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, OH) Official Site
14. Providence College (Providence, RI) Official Site
15. St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, KY) Official Site
16. St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, NY) Official Site
17. Siena Heights University (Adrian, MI) Official Site

Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund) Official Site

1. Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT) Official Site

Franciscan

1. Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Official Site

First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor) Official Site

1. Franciscan School of Theology (Berkeley, CA) Official Site
2. Quincy University (Quincy, IL) Official Site
3. St. Bonaventure University (Olean, NY) Official Site
4. Siena College (Loudonville, NY) Official Site

Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares)

Third Order of Saint Francis

1. Alvernia University (Reading, PA) Official Site Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
2. Alverno College (Milwaukee, WI) Official Site School Sisters of St. Francis
3. Briar Cliff University (Sioux City, IA) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis Dubuque
4. Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, WI) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
5. Felician College (Lodi, NJ), Official Site Felician Sisters
6. Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, OH), Official Site Franciscans, Third Order Regular
7. Hilbert College (Hamburg, NY) Official Site Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
8. Lourdes College (Sylvania, OH) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis Sylvania
9. Madonna University (Livonia, MI) Official Site Felician Sisters of Livonia
10. Marian University (Indianapolis, IN) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
11. Neumann University (Aston, PA) Official Site The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
12. Our Lady of the Lake College (Baton Rouge, LA), Official Site Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady
13. Saint Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, NY) Official Site Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
14. Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA), Official Site Franciscans, Third Order Regular
15. Silver Lake College (Manitowoc, WI) Official Site Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
16. University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate
17. University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, IN) Official Site Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
18. Villa Maria College (Buffalo, NY) Official Site Felician Sisters
19. Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI) Official Site Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross) Official Site

1. Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, IN) (also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross),Official Site
2. King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, PA), Official Site
3. Notre Dame College (Manchester, NH) Closed 2002
4. Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, LA), Marianites of Holy Cross
5. Saint Edward's University (Austin, TX) Official Site
6. Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN), Sisters of the Holy Cross
7. Stonehill College (Easton, MA), Eastern Province of Priests and Brothers
8. University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) Official Site
9. University of Portland (Portland, OR) Official Site

Jesuit (Society of Jesus) Official Site

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) Official Site

1. Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) Official Site
2. Canisius College (Buffalo, NY) Official Site
3. College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) Official Site
4. Creighton University (Omaha, NE) Official Site
5. Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) Official Site
6. Fordham University (New York, NY & West Harrison, NY) Official Site
7. Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) Official Site
8. Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) Official Site
9. John Carroll University (Cleveland, OH) Official Site
10. Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY) Official Site
11. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) Official Site
12. Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) Official Site
13. Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, MD) Official Site
14. Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) Official Site
15. Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) Official Site
16. Regis University (Denver, CO) Official Site
17. Rockhurst University (Kansas City, MO) Official Site
18. Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA) Official Site
19. Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO) Official Site
20. Saint Peter's College, New Jersey (Jersey City, NJ) Official Site
21. Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) Official Site
22. Seattle University (Seattle, WA) Official Site
23. Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL) Official Site
24. University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI) Official Site
25. University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) Official Site
26. University of Scranton (Scranton, PA) Official Site
27. Wheeling Jesuit University (Wheeling, WV) Official Site
28. Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) Official Site

Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) Official Site

International Association of Lasallian Universities Official Site

1. Christian Brothers University (Memphis, TN) Official Site
2. La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) Official Site
3. Lewis University (Romeoville, IL) Official Site
4. Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY) Official Site
5. Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA) Official Site
6. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, MN) Official Site

Legionaries of Christ

1. University of Sacramento (Sacramento, CA) Official Site

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

1. Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, IN) Official Site
2. Saint Joseph's College (Indiana) (Rensselaer, IN) Official Site

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. Cabrini College (Radnor, PA) Official Site

Norbertine

1. St. Norbert College (De Pere, WI) Official Site

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

1. DeSales University (Center Valley, PA) Official Site

Opus Dei Official Site

1. Lexington College (Chicago, IL) Official Site

Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters

1. Edgewood College (Madison, WI) Official Site
2. Dominican University (River Forest, IL) Official Site

Sisters of Charity

1. Clarke College (Dubuque, IA), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2. College of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, NJ), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
3. College of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, NY), Sisters of Charity of New York
4. College of Mount St. Joseph (Cincinnati, OH), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official Site
5. Seton Hill University (Greensburg, PA), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of Greensburg
6. University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, TX), Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
7. University of St. Mary (Leavenworth, KS), Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Official Site

Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence)

1. La Roche College (McCandless, PA), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
2. Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, TX)

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

1. Holy Family University (Philadelphia, PA)

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

1. Holy Names University (Oakland, CA) Official Site
2. Marylhurst University (Portland, OR) Official Site

Sisters of Mercy Official Site

Conference for Mercy Higher Education Official Site

1. Carlow University (Pittsburgh, PA) Official Site
2. Misericordia University (Dallas, PA) Official Site
3. College of Saint Mary (Omaha, NE) Official Site
4. Georgian Court University (Lakewood, NJ) Official Site
5. Gwynedd-Mercy College (Gwynedd Valley, PA) Official Site
6. Maria College (Albany, NY) Official Site
7. Marian Court College (Swampscott, MA) Official Site
8. Mercyhurst College (Erie, PA) Official Site
9. Mount Aloysius College (Cresson, PA) Official Site
10. Mount Mercy University (Cedar Rapids, IA) Official Site
11. Salve Regina University (Newport, RI) Official Site
12. St. Joseph College (West Hartford, CT) Official Site
13. St. Joseph's College (Standish, ME) Official Site
14. St. Xavier University (Chicago, IL) Official Site
15. Trocaire College (Buffalo, NY) Official Site
16. University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI) Official Site

Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld Official Site

1. Notre Dame College (South Euclid, OH), Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Official Site

1. Emmanuel College (Boston, MA)
2. Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, CA)

Sisters of St. Joseph

Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph Official site

1. Avila University (Kansas City, MO)
2. Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, PA)
3. Fontbonne University (St. Louis, MO)
4. Mount St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, CA) Official site
5. The College of St. Catherine (St. Paul, MN)
6. The College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY) Official site
7. Regis College (Weston, MA)
8. Elms College (Chicopee,MA)Official site

School Sisters of Notre Dame

1. College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
2. Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, WI)

Sisters of Providence (Montreal, Quebec)

1. University of Great Falls (Great Falls, MT), Official Site

Marianists (Society of Mary) Official Site

Association of Marianist Universities Official Site

1. Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, HI) Official Site
2. St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX) Official Site
3. University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) Official Site

Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) Official Site

1. Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost (Pittsburgh, PA) official site

Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)

1. Brescia University (Owensboro, KY) Official Site

Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission) Official Site

1. DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
2. Niagara University (Niagara Falls, NY)
3. St. John's University (Jamaica, NY)

Independent

1. Augustine Institute (Denver, CO) Official Site
2. Ave Maria University (Naples, FL) Official Site
3. Ave Maria College (Nicaragua) Official Site
4. Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY) Official Site
5. The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) Official Site
6. Christendom College (Front Royal, VA) Official Site
7. The College of New Rochelle (New Rochelle, NY) Official Site Founded in 1904 as the first Catholic college for women in New York State.
8. The College of Saint Mary Magdalen (Warner, NH) Official Site
9. College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, TX) Official Site
10. Dominican University of California (San Rafael, CA) Official Site Founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael as an independent university of Catholic heritage.
11. Immaculata University (Malvern, PA) Official Site Sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
12. John Paul the Great Catholic University (San Diego, CA) Official Site
13. Holy Apostles College and Seminary (Cromwell, CT) Official Site
14. Marygrove College (Detroit, MI) Official Site Sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
15. Mary Manse College (Toledo, OH) Operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns from 1922 to 1975.
16. Marymount University (Arlington, VA) Official Site Founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.
17. Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, CA) Official Site Notre Dame de Namur University is a fully accredited, independent, Catholic university founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
18. Our Lady of the Lake College (Baton Rouge, LA) Official Site Founded by Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, who still sponsor the similarly named hospital.
19. Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, CA) Official Site
20. Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, NH) Official Site
21. University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) Official Site
22. Ursuline College (Pepper Pike, OH) official site Maintains close ties to its founding religious congregation, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland.
23. Wyoming Catholic College (Lander, WY) Official Site

Catholic medical schools

1. Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, NE) Official Site
2. Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, DC) Official Site
3. Loyola University Chicago Strich School of Medicine (Maywood, IL) Official Site
4. Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Saint Louis, MO) Official Site

Catholic law schools

1. Ave Maria
2. Barry University (Orlando, FL)
3. Boston College
4. The Catholic University of America
5. Creighton University School of Law (Omaha, NE)
6. DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
7. Duquesne University
8. Fordham
9. Georgetown
10. Gonzaga University
11. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
12. Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL)
13. Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
14. Marquette University
15. Notre Dame Law School
16. Saint Louis University School of Law
17. Santa Clara University School of Law
18. Seattle University School of Law
19. Seton Hall University
20. St. John's University (Jamaica, NY)
21. St. Mary's University School of Law (San Antonio, TX)
22. St. Thomas University (Miami, FL)
23. University of Dayton School of Law
24. University of Detroit Mercy
25. University of San Diego
26. University of San Francisco
27. University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis, MN)
28. Villanova University

Formerly Catholic colleges and universities

Schools that have ended their affiliation with the Church:

1. College of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
2. Lynn University (Boca Raton, FL) – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
3. Manhattanville College (Purchase, NY)
4. Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
5. Marymount Manhattan College (New York, NY)
6. Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
7. Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
8. Nazareth College (Rochester, NY); founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of Rochester.
9. St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY); founded by the Basilian Fathers (CSB).
10. Stevenson University (Stevenson, MD) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947
11. Trinity Washington University (Washington, DC)
12. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, NJ) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
13. Webster University (Webster Groves, MO) – founded by the Sisters of Loretto; became secular/independent in 1967
14. New York Medical College -now part of Touro University

Closed/extant Catholic universities and colleges

1. Barat College (Lake Forest, IL)
2. College of St. Teresa (Winona, MN)
3. Duchesne College (Omaha, NE)
4. Marymount College (Tarrytown, NY)
5. Southern Catholic College (Dawsonville, GA)
6. St. Viator College (Bourbonnais, IL)
7. University of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, NM)

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