List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities as of 2024. They make up a significant number of the total of [Catholic higher education|Catholic university|universities and colleges] in the world.
[Adorers of the Blood of Christ]
[Assumptionists] (Augustinians of the Assumption)
Augustinian">Augustinians">Augustinian ([Order of Saint Augustine])
Basil">Congregation of St. Basil">Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)
Benedictine">Order of Saint Benedict">Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)
-- Belmont Abbey College
- Benedictine College
- Benedictine University
- College of Saint Benedict
- The College of St. Scholastica
- Donnelly College
- Mount Marty University
- Saint Anselm College
- Saint John's University
- Saint Leo University
- Saint Martin's University
- Saint Vincent College
- University of Mary
[Brothers of Christian Instruction]
Christian Brothers">Congregation of Christian Brothers">Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)
[Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes]
De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian">Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools">De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)
- Christian Brothers University
- La Salle University
- Lewis University
- Manhattan University
- Saint Mary's College of California
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Diocesan">Diocese">Diocesan
- Carroll College
- Catholic International University
- Donnelly College
- Gannon University
- Loras College
- Mount St. Mary's University
- St. Ambrose University
- St. Thomas University
- Seton Hall University
- Thomas More University
- University of St. Thomas
Dominican">Dominican Order">Dominican (Order of Preachers)
- Albertus Magnus College
- Aquinas College
- Aquinas College
- Aquinas Institute of Theology
- Barry University
- Bayamón Central University
- Caldwell University
- Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
- Dominican University
- Dominican University
- Dominican University of California
- Edgewood University
- Molloy University
- Mount Saint Mary College
- Ohio Dominican University
- Providence College
- St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Siena Heights University
Edmundite">Society of Saint Edmund">Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund)
[Franciscan]
First Order of Saint Francis ([Order of Friars Minor])
[Third Order of Saint Francis]
- Alvernia University - Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis
- Alverno College - School Sisters of St. Francis
- Briar Cliff University - Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque
- Felician University - Felician Sisters
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University - known as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016
- Franciscan University of Steubenville - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- Hilbert College - Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
- Lourdes University - Sisters of St. Francis Sylvania
- Madonna University - Felician Sisters of Livonia
- Marian University - Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
- Neumann University - Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
- St. Francis College - Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
- Saint Francis University - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- University of Saint Francis - Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
- University of St. Francis - Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate
- Villa Maria College - Felician Sisters
- Viterbo University - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
[Grey Nuns]
Holy Cross">Congregation of Holy Cross">Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross)
- Holy Cross College - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross
- King's College
- St. Edward's University
- Saint Mary's College - Sisters of the Holy Cross
- Stonehill College
- University of Holy Cross
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Portland
Jesuit">Society of Jesus">Jesuit (Society of Jesus)
- Boston College
- Canisius University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Creighton University
- Fairfield University
- Fordham University
- Georgetown University
- Gonzaga University
- John Carroll University
- Le Moyne College
- Loyola Marymount University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Loyola University Maryland
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Marquette University
- Regis University
- Rockhurst University
- Saint Joseph's University
- Saint Louis University
- Saint Peter's University
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- Spring Hill College
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of San Francisco
- University of Scranton
- Xavier University
[Missionaries of the Precious Blood]
Norbertine">Premonstratensians">Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)
[Oblates of St. Francis de Sales]
Pontifical">Pontifical university">Pontifical
[School Sisters of Notre Dame]
[Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters]
[Sisters of Charity]
- Clarke University, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- University of Mount Saint Vincent, Sisters of Charity of New York
- Mount St. Joseph University, Sisters of Charity of Ohio
- Saint Elizabeth University, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
- Seton Hill University, Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of Greensburg
- Spalding University, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
- University of the Incarnate Word, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
- University of Saint Mary, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of Divine Providence">Congregation of Divine Providence">Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence)
- La Roche University, Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
- Our Lady of the Lake University
[Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth]
[Sisters of Mercy]
-- Carlow University
- College of Saint Mary
- Georgian Court University
- Gwynedd Mercy University
- Maria College
- Mercy College of Ohio
- Mercyhurst University
- Misericordia University
- Mount Aloysius College
- Mount Mercy University
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine
- St. Xavier University
- Salve Regina University
- Trocaire College
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of Saint Joseph
[Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur]
- Emmanuel College
- Notre Dame de Namur University, offering graduate programs only since 2021
- Trinity Washington University
[Sisters of the Presentation of Mary]
[Sisters of Providence (Montreal)]
[Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods]
[Sisters of Saint Anne]
Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US">Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia">Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US)
[Sisters of St. Joseph]
-- Avila University
- Chestnut Hill College
- Elms College
- Mount St. Mary's University
- Regis College
- St. Catherine University
- St. Joseph's University
[Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary]
[Society of the Holy Child Jesus]
[Society of Mary (Marianists)]
-Spiritans">Holy Ghost Fathers">Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)
- Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit
Ursuline">Ursulines">Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)
Vincentian">Vincentian Family">Vincentian ([Congregation of the Mission])
Independent">Independent school">Independent
- Augustine Institute
- Ave Maria University
- Bellarmine University
- Christendom College
- Dominican University of California, founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael as an independent university of Catholic heritage
- Holy Apostles College and Seminary
- Holy Spirit College
- John Paul the Great Catholic University
- Marymount University, founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
- Mexican American Catholic College, the Americas' only bilingual, bi-cultural Catholic college, formerly the Mexican American Cultural Center
- Sacred Heart University
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
- University of Dallas
- University of the Sacred Heart
- University of San Diego
- Ursuline College, maintains close ties to its founding religious congregation, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland
- Wyoming Catholic College
- Xavier University of Louisiana, the only Catholic HBCU, founded by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Catholic dental schools
- Creighton University School of Dentistry
- Marquette University School of Dentistry
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
Catholic engineering schools
- Benedictine College School of Engineering
- Catholic University School of Engineering
- Christian Brothers University School of Engineering
- Fairfield University School of Engineering
- Gannon University College of Engineering and Business
- Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Loyola Marymount University College of Science and Engineering
- Manhattan University School of Engineering
- Marquette University College of Engineering
- Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology
- Sacred Heart University
- Saint Martin's University Hal and Inge Marcus School of Engineering
- St. Mary's University School of Science, Engineering and Technology
- Santa Clara University School of Engineering
- Seattle University College of Science and Engineering
- University of Dayton School of Engineering
- University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering and Science
- University of Mary School of Engineering
- University of Notre Dame College of Engineering
- University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering
- University of St. Thomas School of Engineering
- University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering
- Villanova University College of Engineering
Catholic law schools
- Ave Maria School of Law
- Barry University School of Law
- Boston College Law School
- Columbus School of Law
- Creighton University School of Law
- DePaul University College of Law
- Duquesne University School of Law
- Fordham University School of Law
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Gonzaga University School of Law
- Loyola Law School
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- Marquette University Law School
- Notre Dame Law School
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
- St. John's University School of Law
- Saint Louis University School of Law
- St. Mary's University School of Law
- St. Thomas University School of Law
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Seattle University School of Law
- Seton Hall University School of Law
- University of Dayton School of Law
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of St. Thomas School of Law
- University of San Diego School of Law
- University of San Francisco School of Law
- Villanova University School of Law
Catholic medical schools
- Creighton University School of Medicine
- Duquesne University School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine
- Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine
- University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
- -Pending- Benedictine College School of Osteopathic Medicine
Catholic schools of professional psychology
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 – founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
- Lynn University – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
- Manhattanville University – ended affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971
- Marist University – ownership transferred to a lay board of trustees in 1969; was declared a secular institution in 2003
- Marymount Manhattan College – founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
- Maryville University – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972
- Medical College of Wisconsin – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
- Mercy University – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in the 1970s
- Nazareth University – founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester
- New York Medical College – now part of Touro University System
- St. John Fisher University – founded by the Basilian Fathers ; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1968
- Stevenson University – 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 – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
- Webster University – founded by the Sisters of Loretto; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
Defunct Catholic universities and colleges
- Barat College
- Cabrini University
- Cardinal Cushing College
- Cardinal Newman College
- Cardinal Stritch University – founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
- Claver College
- College of New Rochelle – founded in 1904 as New York state's first Catholic college for women; merged into Mercy University
- College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch
- The College of Saint Rose
- College of Saint Teresa
- College of Saint Thomas More
- College of Santa Fe – became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed
- Duchesne College
- Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross
- Fontbonne University
- Holy Family College
- Holy Name College
- Holy Names University
- Immaculate Heart College
- Ladycliff College
- Lexington College
- Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts
- Marian Court College
- Mary Manse College – active from 1922 to 1975, was operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns
- Marycrest College
- Marygrove College
- Marylhurst University
- Marymount California University
- Marymount College
- Marymount College
- Mount Saint Mary College
- Notre Dame College
- Notre Dame College
- Oblate College
- St. Catharine College
- St. Gregory's University
- St. Joseph's College
- St. Catharine College
- St. Mary of the Plains College
- St. Viator College
- Southern Benedictine College
- Southern Catholic College
- Trinity College of Vermont
- University of Albuquerque