Anonymous wrote:Agree about Georgetown, Boston College, and Holy Cross being the best. But non-Jesuit Notre Dame is a step above those 3.

who cares? not the question.

Anonymous wrote:Be careful about some like Xavier big problems. Georgetown and Holy Cross are like the Catholic Ivies add in non Jesuit Notre Dame. Among the rest of the Jesuit schools strong correlation between city the school is located and current popularity. BC and Santa Clara doing well. Loyola of Maryland and Fairfield doing well but more of a safety. St Louis, Marquette, and Xavier not as well. The last 3 compete against better known cheaper Flagship Universities like UWisconsin and The Ohio State and those Jesuit schools are not winning the app battle.

Have you seen Fairfield’s admit rate the last few years? 25 %. Not a safety.

Who is the poster calling the OP an idiot for posting a question on a college forum? Do you have nothing better to do than yell at people on DCUM for using the forum? You need therapy,

Agree about Georgetown, Boston College, and Holy Cross being the best. But non-Jesuit Notre Dame is a step above those 3.

OP, dcum people are harsh. But one thing you should understand, if you don't already, is that non-Jesuit Catholic colleges may be VERY different. Catholic in DC is very "old-fashioned" compared to Jesuit colleges - it has single-sex dorms and generally a much more conservative student body.

Also, I want to add that DCUM is oddly and fairly uniquely not exactly down on BC, but definitely not pro-BC. I am from New England and in academia and BC is extraordinarily popular and sought after. Obviously there are exceptions but in my circles, the rank is very clearly: Georgetown, BC, Holy Cross then the rest.

Last, in my opinion, even the least selective Jesuit colleges have a lot to offer. In addition to giving everyone a strong liberal arts education, many of them are very practical and focus on getting students internships during college. Graduates end up having better job results than you might expect for a school of its ranking or selectivity. As a result, Wall Street Journal, which cares about ROI more than anything else, ranks some of the lesser known Jesuit colleges (including Loyola Maryland) extremely high.

Jesuit standouts are Holy Cross and Georgetown.

OP- sorry that your thread deteriorated so quickly. There are a lot of great schools, both Jesuit and associated with other orders. Can you give an idea of what you are looking for?

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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.

You again? Find another hobby.

I know! They are irrelevant, wrong, and sooo persistent.

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Anonymous wrote:There is more than one St. John’s. The school in Queens is Catholic.
https://www.stjohns.edu/who-we-are/faith-mission-ministry

Yes, the idiot lists that one too. It's not Jesuit either.

You know, it's not very hard to Google a list of Jesuit colleges in the USA.

And there are only 28 of them.

Personally, I'd look to Boston College, Santa Clara University and Saint Louis University for the breadth of their arts and sciences curricula.

Key Jesuit Universities & Colleges

Northeast: Boston College, Fairfield University, Fordham University, College of the Holy Cross, Le Moyne College, St. Joseph's University, University of Scranton, Saint Peter's University, Canisius University.

Mid-Atlantic/South: Georgetown University, Loyola University Maryland, Spring Hill College, Loyola University New Orleans.

Midwest: Marquette University, Loyola University Chicago, Creighton University, John Carroll University, Rockhurst University, University of Detroit Mercy, Xavier University.

West: Santa Clara University, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Seattle University, University of San Francisco.

Anonymous wrote:What Jesuit colleges and universities do you or your kid recommend looking into to apply?

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B Boston College
C Catholic University America, Creighton University
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F Fordham
G Georgetown, Gonzaga
H Holy Cross (College of the Holy Cross)
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L Loyola MD
Loyola New Orleans
Loyola Marymount (LMU)
Loyola Chicago

M Marquette University (Milwaukee WI)
N Notre Dame
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P University of Portland -UP (Portland OR)
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S Saint John's University (NY)
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Louis University
University of San Francisco
St. John's College (MD, NM)
Santa Clara University
University of Scranton
Seattle University

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X Xavier
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Z

Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU). It's a private, Catholic women's university in Baltimore MD. Undergraduate and graduate programs in Arts/Sciences, Education, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Strong programs in nursing and education. Not a university that usually makes it into discussion on this forum.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t know much about Fairfield never heard of it.

lol. You again.

Anonymous wrote:Good analogy between location and school. UScranton is struggling while LMU doing well.

Scranton is not even remotely struggling. Where are you getting that from?