Catholic Colleges or colleges with good CCM groups

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St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA. Operated by largest (and first) Benedictine monastery in the U.S. and I think, second largest in the world. Operate a seminary also so theology/liberal arts are excellent programs. McKenna school of Business recognized as excellent. Excellent campus ministry. Everything one could want as a Catholic available every day. Safe, small town environment, but close to large city university scene (U of Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, Carlow, and Chatham Universities in PGH all within a 2 mile radius. Pretty sure all freshmen receive financial aid.

Edited to say - small college (1600 students) student to faculty ratio is excellent. I myself audit classes there and know the involvement of the teachers with the students is absolutely excellent. If you want to invest in their offerings, the faculty will more than invest in the student.
 
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Oh, yes. I forgot about St. Vincent’s.

My cousin-in-law (?) went there and absolutely loved it
 
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A contender for one of the most depressing campuses in the United States.
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Franciscan U of Steubie in Ohio would win no architecture awards with it’s mid-50s concrete vibe, but it’s a palpably joy-filled place, even to an outsider.

Do you base your assertion on anything else?
 
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Do you know what you want to study? There are some good small liberal arts Catholic Colleges around.
 
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What do you want to study?
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Footprints said:
I’m not completely sure yet. I have some strong interests in psychology (I was told that it’s better to get a undergrad degree in something else and get the psychology dress in graduate school/Phd programs), marketing/business, history, law, and literature.
I’m not completely sure how to narrow it down yet. From what I’ve seen, those colleges do have most of those programs, I’m just not sure if some are stronger than others.
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^^^^^^^^^^
 
Have you ever been to Steubenville, OH?

It’s the epitome of fast-fading, depressing, rust-belt America.
 
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Have you ever been to Steubenville, OH?
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No, I haven’t. But from what I can see on Google images, the campus doesn’t seem all that bad. I’ve seen worse. Rather tiny, but I was expecting that.
 
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Do you have the finances and/or expect sufficient financial aid to go to a private school without ending up with $100K in debt? If not, I’d strongly suggest a state school with a good Catholic campus ministry. How are the public universities in your own state?
 
Yes, the campus landscaping is beautiful. The rest of the town, though…

Footprints, you might find the Newman Guide for picking a Catholic College to be quite helpful. They basically poll all the Catholic colleges on how important their Catholic identity is.

Not that a college’s absence from the list means they are a terrible school with a terrible Catholic identity. Perhaps some of the larger schools just don’t want to be bothered with the Newman Guide’s survey.

I was a psych major at a large state school with an awesome Newman Center. I’ve also attended a great Catholic college, too (for studying theology). There are definitely ways to feed your faith in both environments.

Finding a good environment is so helpful, though. I wouldn’t be where I am without the great Catholic presence at my alma maters. So keep doing your research! And definitely bring it to prayer!
 
I don’t think that’s all that bad. I’d much rather be in good company than a pretty campus with no strong faith group. :\

@SuscipeMeDomine My brother went to a state school for a year which had a pretty good Catholic Campus Ministry. I definitely need to look into the state schools because I know we have tons and my cousin was encouraging me to look at those.
 
Very important thing to consider! I lucked out that my state’s major public university did have a great Newman Center. But starting with your own state schools is likely going to be the most cost-effective place to go.
 
If you look on the Newman Center website and find College Connect,
you can look at prospective colleges. The best college Newman Center will have frequent mass and confession offered plus Adoration and Theology of the Body lectures. Maybe a retreat every semester. St Mary’s at Texas A&M is a great program. The school isn’t small or Catholic but more vocations come from there than most Catholic Colleges.
 
Yes, the University of Dallas is an excellent Catholic University. The Holy Trinity minor college is there and the seminarians take classes there.
 
If Nebraska and Kansas aren’t too far away, I can recommend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. State school with an outstanding Newman Center. It has the largest group of FOCUS missionaries in the country and just opened a magnificent new church/student center a couple years ago (outgrew the old one).

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If you want a solid Catholic college, Benedictine in Atchison, KS is a good choice. FOCUS originated there (in fact, FOCUS founder Curtis Martin has sent three or four of his own kids to BC).
 
None of the US Jesuit colleges are in compliance with Ex Corde Ecclesiae. If you are looking for an authentic Catholic college check out the National Catholic Register, or Cardinal Newman Society list.
 
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Since you mentioned you are in the Northeast, there are the liberal-arts focused Catholic colleges of Thomas More and Northeast Catholic both in New Hampshire. Both solidly Catholic.
 
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