Spike Rankings 2027
Best Catholic Colleges in America
Catholic colleges and universities ranked on what happens to their students: who finishes, what they earn, and what they pay. How Spike ranks
How this list is ranked.
The Best Colleges order, kept to colleges that report a Roman Catholic affiliation.
20 colleges qualify from Spike’s guide of 233. Colleges that report a Roman Catholic affiliation. Colleges without enough reported data are left out.
Guide updated . Data snapshot: . Sources and data years.
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20 colleges
Number 1: University of Notre Dame- 95% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- $25,339 average net price
Number 2: Georgetown University- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- $33,661 average net price
Number 3: Boston College- 90% graduate
- $112k after 10 years
- $38,930 average net price
Number 4: University of Portland- 80% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- $28,803 average net price
Number 5: College of the Holy Cross- 87% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- $38,829 average net price
Number 6: Santa Clara University- 88% graduate
- $117k after 10 years
- $50,570 average net price
Number 7: Villanova University- 92% graduate
- $115k after 10 years
- $41,536 average net price
Number 8: Creighton University- 83% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- $32,456 average net price
Number 9: Marquette University- 81% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- $30,561 average net price
Number 10: Seattle University- 73% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- $34,324 average net price
Number 11: Fordham University- 81% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- $42,760 average net price
Number 12: Saint Louis University- 79% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- $29,674 average net price
Number 13: University of San Francisco- 68% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- $30,496 average net price
Number 14: University of Dayton- 80% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- $30,366 average net price
Number 15: Loyola Marymount University- 79% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- $50,518 average net price
Number 16: Loyola University Chicago- 73% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- $36,340 average net price
Number 17: Saint Edward's University- 60% graduate
- $65k after 10 years
- $26,034 average net price
Number 18: Loyola University New Orleans- 60% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- $21,888 average net price
Number 19: Xavier University- 70% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- $31,905 average net price
Number 20: Xavier University of Louisiana- 52% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- $19,722 average net price
How to use this ranking.
Ask how central Catholic teaching and worship are to campus life, and whether students of other faiths are part of it. Compare the program you want, since mission and size differ widely between these colleges.
What the rank does not tell you.
Affiliation is what each college reports to the federal government. It does not show how religious a campus feels day to day, and it leaves out colleges outside Spike’s guide.
Spike ranks the colleges in its guide, not every college in America. Read the full method and its limits, or compare colleges by your own priorities.
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