Comparing top Catholic Universities

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some require mandatory weekly mass.


Really? Which ones?


+1 Which ones? BC doesn't. Notre Dame doesn't. Georgetown doesn't. What did you mean, exactly?

I did not attend even ONE mass while at BC.
Anonymous

Notre Dame
Georgetown
Villanova
BC

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Some require mandatory weekly mass.

Maybe at a seminary. I went to Catholic U (so pretty Catholic on the scale) 30 years ago and no mass was required then. I doubt it’s been added.



Catholic U is by far the most Catholic, since it is run by the Vatican. If they don't require Mass, no one does.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Some require mandatory weekly mass.

Maybe at a seminary. I went to Catholic U (so pretty Catholic on the scale) 30 years ago and no mass was required then. I doubt it’s been added.



Catholic U is by far the most Catholic, since it is run by the Vatican. If they don't require Mass, no one does.


That is funny. Catholic U is not the most "Catholic". I went to CUA at the same time my sister went to Notre Dame. Mass is available at both but neither required. At CUA we were not even allowed to put up signs in the dorms that said Merry Christmas because it might offend the non Christian students!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Some require mandatory weekly mass.

Maybe at a seminary. I went to Catholic U (so pretty Catholic on the scale) 30 years ago and no mass was required then. I doubt it’s been added.



Catholic U is by far the most Catholic, since it is run by the Vatican. If they don't require Mass, no one does.


That is funny. Catholic U is not the most "Catholic". I went to CUA at the same time my sister went to Notre Dame. Mass is available at both but neither required. At CUA we were not even allowed to put up signs in the dorms that said Merry Christmas because it might offend the non Christian students!


It is still run by the Vatican. No other U.S. catholic school is.
Anonymous
Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?

They can't. They never can.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?

They can't. They never can.


They think Georgetown is the best because it is the least Catholic LOL
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?


Ranking, prestige, 4 year graduation rate, job acceptance rate, diversity, percentage of kids going on to grad school, and location. Shall we continue?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?


Ranking, prestige, 4 year graduation rate, job acceptance rate, diversity, percentage of kids going on to grad school, and location. Shall we continue?


Please cite sources.

According to USNWR:
UND and GT both have 90% 4-year graduation rates. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/highest-grad-rate

According to USNWR:
UND ranks higher than Georgetown.
Notre Dame #18 https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-notre-dame-1840
Georgetown #22 https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/georgetown-university-1445

According to Payscale:
UND ranked #32
GT ranked #39
https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors/page/2

As for "prestige," where do you have a metric? Never heard of that...seems to me that this is very subjective?

As for students going on to grad school, I am not sure where to find this metric, but I would wager to guess ND is probably very competitive.

I agree location for GT is more desirable, except for my kid, he wanted to get away from DC, so there's that.

I agree GT is more diverse...I don't need to even look it up.

Still, overall rankings for ND are consistently higher than GT.

Shall we continue?




Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?


Ranking, prestige, 4 year graduation rate, job acceptance rate, diversity, percentage of kids going on to grad school, and location. Shall we continue?


Other than location and diversity, Notre Dame outranks georgetown on all the other metrics.
And they have a football team.
Anonymous
And their alumni network ...
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Some require mandatory weekly mass.

Maybe at a seminary. I went to Catholic U (so pretty Catholic on the scale) 30 years ago and no mass was required then. I doubt it’s been added.



Catholic U is by far the most Catholic, since it is run by the Vatican. If they don't require Mass, no one does.


That is funny. Catholic U is not the most "Catholic". I went to CUA at the same time my sister went to Notre Dame. Mass is available at both but neither required. At CUA we were not even allowed to put up signs in the dorms that said Merry Christmas because it might offend the non Christian students!


It's not run by the Vatican; it's run by the US Bishops.

It is still run by the Vatican. No other U.S. catholic school is.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Some require mandatory weekly mass.

Maybe at a seminary. I went to Catholic U (so pretty Catholic on the scale) 30 years ago and no mass was required then. I doubt it’s been added.



Catholic U is by far the most Catholic, since it is run by the Vatican. If they don't require Mass, no one does.


That is funny. Catholic U is not the most "Catholic". I went to CUA at the same time my sister went to Notre Dame. Mass is available at both but neither required. At CUA we were not even allowed to put up signs in the dorms that said Merry Christmas because it might offend the non Christian students!


It is still run by the Vatican. No other U.S. catholic school is.


It's not run by the Vatican; it's run by the US bishops. Also, it's gotten more conservative in recent years, which I like!
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