Universities with strong Catholic programs on campus
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| We are trying to broaden our list to include non Catholic university but would prefer school has student body that has church on campus or near and religious opportunities. Child also likes D1 sports. Of course applying to Notre Dame and Georgetown but those schools seem like lottery tickets and need some balance. TIA |
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Northwestern
They do a Eucharistic adoration as part of freshman welcome, and have a very active community (plus ties to Pope Leo) |
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| La Salle University |
Anonymous
If these are lottery tickets rather than realistic reaches, I think you should apply ED to BC or Holy Cross. |
Anonymous
| William and Mary has its own church. It used to be the town's Catholic Church, but it was given to the college when a larger church was built outside of town. Very strong Catholic community there. https://www.tribecatholic.org |
Anonymous
| You could consider a college where there are FOCUS missionaries. There are currently over 200 colleges. www.focus.org |
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| Fairfield |
Anonymous
This. Just choose Catholic colleges- Fairfield, Villanova, Providence, Marquette. Also some publics in the northeast like Rutgers, UMass, U Del, Penn State. |
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Dayton is one to check out if you want a ND type vibe of sports/loyal alums and strong campus culture.
Also check out schools with active Newman Centers. Texas A&M is one strong example but there are many others. |
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University of San Francisco, if you want a progressive Catholic school (it is, after all, in SF) with a beautiful old majestic SF church on campus
My California son almost went there, as he was a good fit, but he decided to go back East |
Anonymous
| USC has Catholic Church on/near campus |
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| Big, active Catholic community at Tulane and in New Orleans. |
Anonymous
| Virginia Tech. They have FOCUS and huge participation. |
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| UMD |
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It’s not like Catholics are some obscure group. They’re everywhere.
But… https://www.catholiccollegesonline.org/members/current.html |