Jesuit colleges and universities

[Anonymous]

Holy Cross is 27 in SLAC category.

[Anonymous]

In 2026 US News, Fordham drops to 97.

[Anonymous]

Fairfield is now National #139, not Regional (North) #1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairfield is now National #139, not Regional (North) #1.

I don't get this. Fairfield is very much a regional school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfield is now National #139, not Regional (North) #1.

I don't get this. Fairfield is very much a regional school.

This is a valid observation. If you drill down on which schools are on the Regional Universities lists versus the National University list, a lot of USNWR's decisions in this regard make no sense.

[Anonymous]

Here are the updated USNWR rankings for the Jesuit colleges in the US:

National
#24 Georgetown University
#36 (tie) Boston College
#59 Santa Clara University
#88 Marquette University
#97 Fordham University
#102 Gonzaga University
#102 Loyola Marymount University
#102 Saint Louis University
#110 University of San Francisco
#117 Creighton University
#132 Loyola University Chicago
#139 Fairfield University
#151 Seattle University
#183 University of Detroit Mercy
#208 Xavier University
#222 Loyola University New Orleans
#273 Regis University

National LAC
#27 College of the Holy Cross

Regional
#6 (North) Saint Joseph's University
#7 (North) Loyola University Maryland
#8 (North) University of Scranton
#13 (North) Le Moyne College
#32 (North) Canisius University
#38 (North) Saint Peter's University
#55 (North) Regis College (MA)

#2 (Midwest) John Carroll University
#6 (Midwest) Rockhurst University

#12 (South) Spring Hill College


Look better?

[Anonymous]

Fordham and Xavier appear to have dropped a lot,

[Anonymous]

Pretty weak only 3 schools in top 50. Georgetown, HC, and BC, Don’t see appeal of Fairfield when in state UConn is much higher ranked at half the cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty weak only 3 schools in top 50. Georgetown, HC, and BC, Don’t see appeal of Fairfield when in state UConn is much higher ranked at half the cost.

Also considering that some students are only interested in Catholic schools, there isn't much out there in the T50 beyond ND, Georgetown, and BC. This is likely one of the reasons these schools are so wildly popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty weak only 3 schools in top 50. Georgetown, HC, and BC, Don’t see appeal of Fairfield when in state UConn is much higher ranked at half the cost.

Weird and prejudiced comment start to finish. How many Protestant/Christian schools are in the top 50? How many LDS? How many Jewish? And what in the world does Fairfield have to do with UConn other than being in Connecticut. You don't see the appeal of a fun, spirited liberally arts school because it is in the same state as a large state school?

[Anonymous]

Paying $90k to a school ranked well beyond 100 probably isn’t a good ROI. Lots of Catholic kids flocking to UGa, Clemson, Alabama and Ole Miss. Cheaper, much better weather, bid time athletics and same if not better outcomes,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paying $90k to a school ranked well beyond 100 probably isn’t a good ROI. Lots of Catholic kids flocking to UGa, Clemson, Alabama and Ole Miss. Cheaper, much better weather, bid time athletics and same if not better outcomes,

I didn't mean Catholic kids in general. I meant Catholic kids who prefer a Catholic environment. Mine is one of those. 75% of schools she applied to were Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paying $90k to a school ranked well beyond 100 probably isn’t a good ROI. Lots of Catholic kids flocking to UGa, Clemson, Alabama and Ole Miss. Cheaper, much better weather, bid time athletics and same if not better outcomes,

PS a lot of the lower ranked schools offer generous merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty weak only 3 schools in top 50. Georgetown, HC, and BC, Don’t see appeal of Fairfield when in state UConn is much higher ranked at half the cost.

Weird and prejudiced comment start to finish. How many Protestant/Christian schools are in the top 50? How many LDS? How many Jewish? And what in the world does Fairfield have to do with UConn other than being in Connecticut. You don't see the appeal of a fun, spirited liberally arts school because it is in the same state as a large state school?

Jesuit colleges like Fairfield will have much smaller core curriculum classes than places like UConn. Students are known personally by their professors. And with the focus on liberal arts in the core, a given student doesn't just study intro literature, philosophy and theology, but higher level classes also in those subjects along with the writing and discussion that comes with it. It's a different experience than a large state university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty weak only 3 schools in top 50. Georgetown, HC, and BC, Don’t see appeal of Fairfield when in state UConn is much higher ranked at half the cost.

Weird and prejudiced comment start to finish. How many Protestant/Christian schools are in the top 50? How many LDS? How many Jewish? And what in the world does Fairfield have to do with UConn other than being in Connecticut. You don't see the appeal of a fun, spirited liberally arts school because it is in the same state as a large state school?

Jesuit colleges like Fairfield will have much smaller core curriculum classes than places like UConn. Students are known personally by their professors. And with the focus on liberal arts in the core, a given student doesn't just study intro literature, philosophy and theology, but higher level classes also in those subjects along with the writing and discussion that comes with it. It's a different experience than a large state university.

The kids we know at Fairfield, Providence, Fordham, love their schools and are not kids who would equally love UGA, Auburn, Alabama, whereverU. They're not all interchangeable.