# List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States

There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024. They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.

## Adorers of the Blood of Christ

* Newman University (Wichita, Kansas)

## Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)

* Assumption University (Worcester, Massachusetts)

## Augustinian (Order of Saint Augustine)

* Merrimack College (North Andover, Massachusetts)
* Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania)

## Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)

* University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas)

## Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)

- Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
* Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
* Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas)
* Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
* 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)

## Brothers of Christian Instruction

* Walsh University (North Canton, Ohio)

## Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)

* Iona University (New Rochelle, New York)

## Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes

* Marian University (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)

## De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)

* Christian Brothers University (Memphis, Tennessee)
* La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois)
* Manhattan University (Riverdale, Bronx, New York)
* Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, California)
* Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, Minnesota)

## Diocesan

* Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
* Catholic International 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)

* Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vermont)

## Franciscan
### First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor)

* Franciscan School of Theology (Oceanside, California)
* Quincy University (Quincy, Illinois)
* St. Bonaventure University (Olean, New York)
* Siena College (Loudonville, New York)

### Third Order of Saint Francis

* 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

## Grey Nuns

* D'Youville University (Buffalo, New York)

## Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross)

* Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross
* King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
* Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, Louisiana)
* St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)
* Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - Sisters of the Holy Cross
* Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)
* University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
* University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)

## 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 (DeWitt, 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

## Missionaries of the Precious Blood

* Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, Indiana) Official site
* Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana) Official site

## Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)

* St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin) Official site

## Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

* DeSales University (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) Official site

## Pontifical

* The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.) Official site
* Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico) Official site

## School Sisters of Notre Dame

* Mount Mary University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
* Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, Maryland)

## Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters

* Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) Official site
* Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin) Official site

## Sisters of Charity

* 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
* Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official site
* Saint Elizabeth University (Morristown, New Jersey), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
* 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

## Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence)

* La Roche University (McCandless, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
* Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas)

## Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

* Holy Family University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

## Sisters of Mercy

- 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

## Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

* Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts)
* Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California), offering graduate programs only since 2021
* Trinity Washington University (Washington, D.C.)

## Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

* Rivier University (Nashua, New Hampshire)

## Sisters of Providence (Montreal)

* University of Providence (Great Falls, Montana) Official site

## Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

* Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Terre Haute, Indiana)

## Sisters of Saint Anne

* Anna Maria College (Paxton, Massachusetts)

## Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US)

* Manor College (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)

## Sisters of St. Joseph

- Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph
* Avila University (Kansas City, Missouri)
* Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* Elms College (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Official site
* Fontbonne University (St. Louis, Missouri)
* Mount St. Mary's University (Los Angeles, California) Official site
* Regis College (Weston, Massachusetts)
* St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minnesota)
* St. Joseph's University (Brooklyn, New York)

## Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

* Immaculata University (Malvern, Pennsylvania)
* Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania)

## Society of the Holy Child Jesus

* Rosemont College (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)

## Society of Mary (Marianists)

- Association of Marianist Universities
* Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii) Official site
* St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Texas) Official site
* University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) Official site

## Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)

* Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Official site

## Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)

* Brescia University (Owensboro, Kentucky) Official site

## Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission)

* DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
* Niagara University (Lewiston, New York)
* St. John's University (Jamaica, New York)

## Independent

* Augustine Institute (Denver, Colorado) Official site
* Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida) Official site
* Bellarmine University (Louisville, Kentucky) 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
* 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

* Creighton University School of Dentistry (Omaha, Nebraska)
* Marquette University School of Dentistry (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
* University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry (Detroit, Michigan)

## Catholic engineering schools

* Benedictine College School of Engineering (Atchison, Kansas)
* 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 University 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

* Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, Nebraska)
* Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, D.C.)
* Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood, Illinois)
* Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana)
* Saint Louis University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri)
* University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (San Antonio, Texas)

## Catholic schools of professional psychology

* Divine Mercy University, Institute for the Psychological Sciences (Arlington, Virginia)

## Catholic Honor Society

* Delta Epsilon Sigma is the official national scholastic honor society for students, faculty, and alumni of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition.

## 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
* 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)
* Cabrini University (Radnor, Pennsylvania)
* Cardinal Cushing College (Brookline, Massachusetts)
* Cardinal Newman College (St. Louis, Missouri)
* Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
* 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)
* The College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York)
* College of Saint Teresa (Winona, Minnesota)
* College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas) Official site
* College of Santa Fe (became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed) (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
* 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)
* Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts (Warner, New Hampshire)
* 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)
* Notre Dame College (South Euclid, Ohio)
* Oblate College (Washington, D.C.)
* St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)
* St. Gregory's University (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
* 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)