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There are 181 U.S. members of the
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024.
[1] They make up a significant number of the total of
Catholic universities and colleges in the world.
[2]
Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)
Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)
Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)
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Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
Belmont Abbey College (
Belmont, North Carolina )
Benedictine College (
Atchison, Kansas )
Benedictine University (
Lisle, Illinois )
Catholic Distance University (
Charles Town, West Virginia )
College of Saint Benedict (
St. Joseph, Minnesota )
The College of St. Scholastica (
Duluth, Minnesota )
Donnelly College (
Kansas City, Kansas )
Mount Marty University (
Yankton, South Dakota )
Saint Anselm College (
Goffstown, New Hampshire )
Saint John's University (
Collegeville, Minnesota )
Saint Leo University (
St. Leo, Florida )
Saint Martin's University (
Lacey, Washington )
Saint Vincent College (
Latrobe, Pennsylvania )
University of Mary (
Bismarck, North Dakota )
Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)
Carroll College (
Helena, Montana )
Catholic Distance University (
Charles Town, West Virginia )
Donnelly College (
Kansas City, Kansas )
Gannon University (
Erie, Pennsylvania )
Loras College (
Dubuque, Iowa )
Mount St. Mary's University (
Emmitsburg, Maryland )
St. Ambrose University (
Davenport, Iowa )
St. Thomas University (
Miami, Florida )
Seton Hall University (
South Orange, New Jersey )
Thomas More University (
Crestview Hills, Kentucky )
University of St. Thomas (
Saint Paul, Minnesota )
Dominican (Order of Preachers)
Albertus Magnus College (
New Haven, Connecticut )
Aquinas College (
Grand Rapids, Michigan )
Aquinas College (
Nashville, Tennessee )
Aquinas Institute of Theology (
St. Louis, Missouri )
Barry University (
Miami, Florida )
Bayamón Central University (
Bayamón, Puerto Rico )
Caldwell University (
Caldwell, New Jersey )
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (
Berkeley, California )
Dominican University (
River Forest, Illinois )
Dominican University (
Orangeburg, New York )
Dominican University of California (
San Rafael, California )
Edgewood College (
Madison, Wisconsin )
Molloy University (
Rockville Centre, New York )
Mount Saint Mary College (
Newburgh, New York )
Ohio Dominican University (
Columbus, Ohio )
Providence College (
Providence, Rhode Island )
St. Thomas Aquinas College (
Sparkill, New York )
Siena Heights University (
Adrian, Michigan )
Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund)
Second Order of Saint Francis (
Poor Clares )
Alvernia University (
Reading, Pennsylvania ) -
Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis
Alverno College (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) -
School Sisters of St. Francis
Briar Cliff University (
Sioux City, Iowa ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque
Felician University (
Lodi, New Jersey ) -
Felician Sisters
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) - known as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016
Franciscan University of Steubenville (
Steubenville, Ohio ) -
Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
Hilbert College (
Hamburg, New York ) - Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
Lourdes University (
Sylvania, Ohio ) - Sisters of St. Francis Sylvania
Madonna University (
Livonia, Michigan ) - Felician Sisters of Livonia
Marian University (
Indianapolis, Indiana ) - Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
Neumann University (
Aston, Pennsylvania ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
St. Francis College (
Brooklyn Heights, New York ) -
Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
Saint Francis University (
Loretto, Pennsylvania ) -
Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
University of Saint Francis (
Fort Wayne, Indiana ) -
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
University of St. Francis (
Joliet, Illinois ) - Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate
Villa Maria College (
Buffalo, New York ) -
Felician Sisters
Viterbo University (
La Crosse, Wisconsin ) -
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross)
Jesuit (Society of Jesus)
Boston College (
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts )
Official site
Canisius University (
Buffalo, New York )
Official site
College of the Holy Cross (
Worcester, Massachusetts )
Official site
Creighton University (
Omaha, Nebraska )
Official site
Fairfield University (
Fairfield, Connecticut )
Official site
Fordham University (
Bronx, New York ,
New York, New York &
West Harrison, New York )
Official site
Georgetown University (
Washington, D.C. )
Official site
Gonzaga University (
Spokane, Washington )
Official site
John Carroll University (
University Heights, Ohio )
Official site
Le Moyne College (
Syracuse, New York )
Official site
Loyola Marymount University (
Los Angeles, California )
Official site
Loyola University Chicago (
Chicago, Illinois )
Official site
Loyola University Maryland (
Baltimore, Maryland )
Official site
Loyola University New Orleans (
New Orleans, Louisiana )
Official site
Marquette University (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin )
Official site
Regis University (
Denver, Colorado )
Official site
Rockhurst University (
Kansas City, Missouri )
Official site
Saint Joseph's University (
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Saint Louis University (
St. Louis, Missouri )
Official site
Saint Peter's University (
Jersey City, New Jersey )
Official site
Santa Clara University (
Santa Clara, California )
Official site
Seattle University (
Seattle, Washington )
Official site
Spring Hill College (
Mobile, Alabama )
Official site
University of Detroit Mercy (
Detroit, Michigan )
Official site
University of San Francisco (
San Francisco, California )
Official site
University of Scranton (
Scranton, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Xavier University (
Cincinnati, Ohio )
Official site
Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)
Clarke University (
Dubuque, Iowa ), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
University of Mount Saint Vincent (
Riverdale, Bronx, New York ), Sisters of Charity of New York
College of Saint Elizabeth (
Morristown, New Jersey ), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
Mount St. Joseph University (
Cincinnati, Ohio ), Sisters of Charity of Ohio
Official site
Seton Hill University (
Greensburg, Pennsylvania ), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of Greensburg
Spalding University (
Louisville, Kentucky ), Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
University of the Incarnate Word (
San Antonio, Texas ),
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
University of Saint Mary (
Leavenworth, Kansas ), Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Official site
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Conference for Mercy Higher Education
Carlow University (
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )
Official site
College of Saint Mary (
Omaha, Nebraska )
Official site
Georgian Court University (
Lakewood, New Jersey )
Official site
Gwynedd Mercy University (
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Maria College (
Albany, New York )
Official site
Mercyhurst University (
Erie, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Misericordia University (
Dallas, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Mount Aloysius College (
Cresson, Pennsylvania )
Official site
Mount Mercy University (
Cedar Rapids, Iowa )
Official site
Saint Joseph's College of Maine (
Standish, Maine )
Official site
St. Xavier University (
Chicago, Illinois )
Official site
Salve Regina University (
Newport, Rhode Island )
Official site
Trocaire College (
Buffalo, New York )
Official site
University of Detroit Mercy (
Detroit, Michigan )
Official site
University of Saint Joseph (
West Hartford, Connecticut )
Official site
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Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph
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Association of Marianist Universities
Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)
Augustine Institute (
Denver, Colorado )
Official site
Ave Maria University (
Ave Maria, Florida )
Official site
Bellarmine University (
Louisville, Kentucky )
Official site
Catholic Distance University (
Charles Town, West Virginia )
Official site
Christendom College (
Front Royal, Virginia )
Official site
Dominican University of California (
San Rafael, California )
Official site , founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael as an independent university of Catholic heritage
Holy Apostles College and Seminary (
Cromwell, Connecticut )
Official site
Holy Spirit College (
Atlanta, Georgia )
John Paul the Great Catholic University (
San Diego, California )
Official site
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts (
Warner, New Hampshire )
Official site
Marymount University (
Arlington, Virginia )
Official site , founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
Mexican American Catholic College (
San Antonio, Texas )
Official site , the Americas' only bilingual, bi-cultural Catholic college, formerly the Mexican American Cultural Center
Sacred Heart University (
Fairfield, Connecticut )
Thomas Aquinas College (
Santa Paula, California )
Official site
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (
Merrimack, New Hampshire )
Official site
University of Dallas (
Irving, Texas )
Official site
University of the Sacred Heart (
San Juan, Puerto Rico )
Official site
University of San Diego (
San Diego, California )
Official site
Ursuline College (
Pepper Pike, Ohio )
Official site , maintains close ties to its founding religious congregation, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland
Wyoming Catholic College (
Lander, Wyoming )
Official site
Xavier University of Louisiana (
New Orleans, Louisiana ), the only Catholic
HBCU , founded by the
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Catholic dental schools
Catholic engineering schools
Catholic University School of Engineering (
Washington, D.C. )
Christian Brothers University School of Engineering (
Memphis, Tennessee )
Fairfield University School of Engineering (
Fairfield, Connecticut )
Gannon University College of Engineering and Business (
Erie, Pennsylvania )
Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science (
Spokane, Washington )
Loyola Marymount University College of Science and Engineering (
Los Angeles, California )
Manhattan College School of Engineering (
Riverdale, New York )
Marquette University College of Engineering (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin )
Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology (
St. Louis, Missouri )
Sacred Heart University (
Fairfield, Connecticut )
Saint Martin's University Hal and Inge Marcus School of Engineering (
Lacey, Washington )
St. Mary's University School of Science, Engineering and Technology (
San Antonio, Texas )
Santa Clara University School of Engineering (
Santa Clara, California )
Seattle University College of Science and Engineering (
Seattle, Washington )
University of Dayton School of Engineering (
Dayton, Ohio )
University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering and Science (
Detroit, Michigan )
University of Mary School of Engineering
University of Notre Dame College of Engineering (
South Bend, Indiana )
University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering (
Portland, Oregon )
University of St. Thomas School of Engineering (
St. Paul, Minnesota )
University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering (
San Diego, California )
Villanova University College of Engineering (
Villanova, Pennsylvania )
Catholic law schools
Ave Maria School of Law (
Naples, Florida )
Barry University School of Law (
Orlando, Florida )
Boston College Law School (
Newton, Massachusetts )
Columbus School of Law (The Catholic University of America,
Washington, D.C. )
Creighton University School of Law (
Omaha, Nebraska )
DePaul University College of Law (
Chicago, Illinois )
Duquesne University School of Law (
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )
Fordham University School of Law (
New York, New York )
Georgetown University Law Center (
Washington, D.C. )
Gonzaga University School of Law (
Spokane, Washington )
Loyola Law School (
Los Angeles, California )
Loyola University Chicago School of Law (
Chicago, Illinois )
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (
New Orleans, Louisiana )
Marquette University Law School (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin )
Notre Dame Law School (
Notre Dame, Indiana )
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (
Ponce, Puerto Rico )
St. John's University School of Law (
Jamaica, New York )
Saint Louis University School of Law (
St. Louis, Missouri )
St. Mary's University School of Law (
San Antonio, Texas )
St. Thomas University School of Law (
Miami, Florida )
Santa Clara University School of Law (
Santa Clara, California )
Seattle University School of Law (
Seattle, Washington )
Seton Hall University School of Law (
Newark, New Jersey )
University of Dayton School of Law (
Dayton, Ohio )
University of Detroit Mercy (
Detroit, Michigan )
University of St. Thomas School of Law (
Minneapolis, Minnesota )
University of San Diego School of Law (
San Diego, California )
University of San Francisco School of Law (
San Francisco, California )
Villanova University School of Law (
Villanova, Pennsylvania )
Catholic medical schools
Catholic schools of professional psychology
Catholic Honor Society
Formerly Catholic universities and colleges
Schools that have ended or renounced their affiliation with the Church:
Daemen University (
Amherst, New York ) – founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
Lynn University (
Boca Raton, Florida ) – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
Manhattanville University (
Purchase, New York ) – ended affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971
Marist College (
Poughkeepsie, New York ) – ownership transferred to a lay board of trustees in 1969
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Marymount Manhattan College (
New York, New York )
Maryville University (
St. Louis, Missouri ) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972
Medical College of Wisconsin (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
Mercy University (
Dobbs Ferry, New York ) - renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in the 1970’s.
Nazareth University (
Rochester, New York ) – founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of Rochester
New York Medical College (
Valhalla, New York ) – now part of
Touro University System
St. John Fisher University (
Rochester, New York ) – founded by the Basilian Fathers (CSB); renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1968
Stevenson University (
Stevenson, Maryland ) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (
Newark, New Jersey ) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
Webster University (
Webster Groves, Missouri ) – founded by the
Sisters of Loretto ; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
Defunct Catholic universities and colleges
Barat College (
Lake Forest, Illinois )
Cardinal Cushing College (
Brookline, Massachusetts )
Cardinal Stritch University (
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) -
Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
College of Santa Fe (became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed) (
Santa Fe, New Mexico )
Cardinal Newman College (
St. Louis, Missouri )
Claver College (
Guthrie, Oklahoma )
College of New Rochelle (
New Rochelle, New York ) - founded in 1904 as New York state's first Catholic college for women; merged into
Mercy University (
Dobbs Ferry, New York )
College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch (
Salt Lake City, Utah )
College of Saint Teresa (
Winona, Minnesota )
College of Saint Thomas More (
Fort Worth, Texas )
Official site
Duchesne College (
Omaha, Nebraska )
Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross (
Washington, D.C. )
Holy Family College (
Manitowoc, Wisconsin )
Holy Name College (
Washington, D.C. )
Holy Names University (
Oakland, California )
Immaculate Heart College (
Los Angeles, California )
Ladycliff College (Highland Falls, New York)
Lexington College (
Chicago, Illinois )
Official site
Marian Court College (
Swampscott, Massachusetts )
Official site
Mary Manse College (
Toledo, Ohio ), active from 1922 to 1975, was operated by the
Ursuline Order of nuns.
Marycrest College (
Davenport, Iowa )
Marygrove College (
Detroit, Michigan )
Marylhurst University (
Portland, Oregon )
Official site
Marymount California University (
Rancho Palos Verdes, California )
Marymount College (
Salina, Kansas )
Marymount College (
Tarrytown, New York )
Mount Saint Mary College (
Hooksett, New Hampshire )
Notre Dame College (
Manchester, New Hampshire )
Oblate College (
Washington, D.C. )
St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)
St. Gregory's University (
Shawnee, Oklahoma )
Saint Joseph's College (
Rensselaer, Indiana )
Official site
St. Mary of the Plains College (
Dodge City, Kansas )
St. Viator College (
Bourbonnais, Illinois )
Southern Benedictine College (
Cullman, Alabama )
Southern Catholic College (
Dawsonville, Georgia )
Trinity College of Vermont (
Burlington, Vermont )
University of Albuquerque (
Albuquerque, New Mexico )
References
Further reading
Wodon, Quentin. "Catholic Higher Education in the United States: Exploring the Decision to Enroll from a Student’s (or a Student Advisor’s) Point of View." Religions 13.8 (2022): 732+
online .