Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 09:25     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Not surprised about Holy Cross doing so well but non-Jesuit ND grads also highly successful. Notre Dame endowment at $20 billion is perhaps higher than the top 10 Jesuit schools combined.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 07:36     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
WalletHub 2026 college rankings places Holy Cross at number 8 among all liberal arts schools for best career outcomes. HC ranked better than Amherst College, Swarthmore, Davidson, and Colby.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 20:07     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:My guess is BC was a commuter school well into the 80s just like some of the others PC and Nova.

BC was not a commuter school in the 1980s.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 19:39     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Funny how the dominant program at almost all these Catholic schools is Business. In many cases the percentage of students in a business major tops 40% (according to CDS's). These "Catholic" schools are mostly teaching greed and how to get rich. St. Francis must be weeping.

Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Boston College (Carroll)
Fordham (Gabelli)
Georgetown (McDonough)
Fairfield (Dolan)
Saint Joseph's (Haub)
Loyola Maryland (Sellinger)
Villanova (School of Business)
Santa Clara (Leavey)
Catholic (Busch)
Providence (School of Business)


Jesuit colleges teach a lot of ethics. They are hardly churning out greedy people. Why would you not want lots of thoughtful ethical thinkers with a humanities foundation taking their place in business?

And most people in business don't get rich. That's not why they're there.


Yeah, during the Second Coming, maybe Jesus will become a Finance Bro.


Hardly. And finance bros aren't generally the products of Jesuit institutions.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 19:22     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As pp said ND is not Jesuit but if into pedigree among old money Catholic families on East Coast it was always Georgetown and Holy Cross. Quick visit to each campus would confirm the old buildings.


"Old money Catholic families" is not a thing. Catholics were looked down upon in America until about two generations ago and were not wealthy.


Ever heard of the Kennedys?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 19:01     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Funny how the dominant program at almost all these Catholic schools is Business. In many cases the percentage of students in a business major tops 40% (according to CDS's). These "Catholic" schools are mostly teaching greed and how to get rich. St. Francis must be weeping.

Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Boston College (Carroll)
Fordham (Gabelli)
Georgetown (McDonough)
Fairfield (Dolan)
Saint Joseph's (Haub)
Loyola Maryland (Sellinger)
Villanova (School of Business)
Santa Clara (Leavey)
Catholic (Busch)
Providence (School of Business)


Jesuit colleges teach a lot of ethics. They are hardly churning out greedy people. Why would you not want lots of thoughtful ethical thinkers with a humanities foundation taking their place in business?

And most people in business don't get rich. That's not why they're there.


Yeah, during the Second Coming, maybe Jesus will become a Finance Bro.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 18:57     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Funny how the dominant program at almost all these Catholic schools is Business. In many cases the percentage of students in a business major tops 40% (according to CDS's). These "Catholic" schools are mostly teaching greed and how to get rich. St. Francis must be weeping.

Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Boston College (Carroll)
Fordham (Gabelli)
Georgetown (McDonough)
Fairfield (Dolan)
Saint Joseph's (Haub)
Loyola Maryland (Sellinger)
Villanova (School of Business)
Santa Clara (Leavey)
Catholic (Busch)
Providence (School of Business)


Jesuit colleges teach a lot of ethics. They are hardly churning out greedy people. Why would you not want lots of thoughtful ethical thinkers with a humanities foundation taking their place in business?

And most people in business don't get rich. That's not why they're there.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 18:39     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
My guess is BC was a commuter school well into the 80s just like some of the others PC and Nova.










Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 16:16     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not a good look. But historically, Georgetown and Holy Cross were and still are best. Santa Clara and Boston College like most Catholic schools transitioned from local commuter schools in last 30 years.

For BC, it happened in the mid-80s.

The commuter school aspect would go back to the early 1970s (50 yrs ago). BC was not a commuter school when Flutie attended in the mid 1980s.


Yes by mid70s it was not.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 14:25     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Don’t know how some of the lesser known Jesuit schools survive financially.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 14:10     Subject: Re:Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would love for my kid to go to Loyola in Baltimore. I've heard nothing but good things (supportive atmosphere, sense of community) and they are known for merit aid.


My kid is there now, and I went there.
It continues to improve.

The traditions are there, but it is flexible and loving.

My kid has been there a year and a half. The president and his wife know his name. Huge on social justice.


And it's in a nice part of Baltimore. (Used to live around the corner


Yeah but just next door to the campus on the east side is not nice at all. My kid goes there and even on the “nice” side, there was a shooting at a convenience store right next to the dorms. My kid grew up in Baltimore so he’s pretty street smart but there is still a ton of crime everywhere now in the city and the county. Just an FYI.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 11:53     Subject: Re:Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would love for my kid to go to Loyola in Baltimore. I've heard nothing but good things (supportive atmosphere, sense of community) and they are known for merit aid.


My kid is there now, and I went there.
It continues to improve.

The traditions are there, but it is flexible and loving.

My kid has been there a year and a half. The president and his wife know his name. Huge on social justice.


And it's in a nice part of Baltimore. (Used to live around the corner
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 11:49     Subject: Re:Jesuit colleges and universities
Canisius College in Buffalo is also Jesuit
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 11:44     Subject: Re:Jesuit colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:I would love for my kid to go to Loyola in Baltimore. I've heard nothing but good things (supportive atmosphere, sense of community) and they are known for merit aid.


My kid is there now, and I went there.
It continues to improve.

The traditions are there, but it is flexible and loving.

My kid has been there a year and a half. The president and his wife know his name. Huge on social justice.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 08:18     Subject: Jesuit colleges and universities
Le Moyne College is another Jesuit college.