Catholic lifestyle at public colleges?

[27lw]

My child is a junior in high school. Realistically, a public school is going to be more affordable for our family. (I know, scholarships, etc).
So, assuming my child would be looking at attending a public university in either Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio (some schools have reciprocal tuition agreements), does anyone know of a particularly good place for a Catholic kid to go?

In terms of,

1. strong Catholic Newman Center / parish / Catholic student organizations
2. Single-sex dorm availability - - Ha ha, I’m afraid that might be asking the impossible at this point. Even if it were single-sex, there would probably be trans folk there as well nowadays.

I’d welcome any thoughts on this - - thanks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

My child is a junior in high school. Realistically, a public school is going to be more affordable for our family. (I know, scholarships, etc).
So, assuming my child would be looking at attending a public university in either Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio (some schools have reciprocal tuition agreements), does anyone know of a particularly good place for a Catholic kid to go?

In terms of,

1. strong Catholic Newman Center / parish / Catholic student organizations
2. Single-sex dorm availability - - Ha ha, I’m afraid that might be asking the impossible at this point. Even if it were single-sex, there would probably be trans folk there as well nowadays.

I’d welcome any thoughts on this - - thanks!

I don’t have a lot to offer, but I understand Texas A&M probably has the best Catholic environment of any public college. But I can’t say about the states you name. My suspicion would be that the U. of Indiana might be better than some.

Again, not in the states you mention, but a person would not be terribly off going to Missouri State. Lots of Catholics from St. Louis there because it’s as far from “home” as the student can get, but still be in the state. Low tuition even for non-residents. So, the student body is about 20% Catholic notwithstanding that it’s in the “Bible Belt” where the Catholic population generally is only about 5%. And Springfield is one of two “Cathedral cities” in the diocese. Finally, because it is in the “Bible Belt” the “overall morality” level is fairly good as universities go.

 

[phil19034]

Some of the very good (and faithful) Catholic schools are actually very affordable

Franciscan University of Steubenville is very affordable.

franciscan.edu/sfs/new/costs-and-fees/

And compared to Michigan State, they are close:

admissions.msu.edu/cost-aid/

Fransician is $29,830 per year (includes standard room and board* and student fee)
Michigan State is $23,898 per year for in-state with room and board

*board could be $100 more or much less depending on dinning options

University of Mary is very affordable too: umary.edu/financial-aid/tuition-fees-undergraduate.php

Assuming 15 credits per semester, with their standard dinning & dorm options, yearly costs are approx $23,362 per year

I highly suggest taking a close look at the costs for all the schools on both the Newman Society’s list and the National Catholic Register’s 2016 college list

cardinalnewmansociety.org
m.ncregister.com/site/article/catholic-identity-college-guide-2016/#.V-HjFPT3anM

Point is: many of the orthodox Catholic colleges are actually pretty affordable, even compared to State colleges.

God Bless

 

[phil19034]

Another suggestion… Make sure the college you send your kids to has a FOCUS group on campus. Having a FOCUS team is a sure sign that the campus ministry is orthodox.

Not that campus ministries without them are automatically not orthodox, but a FOCUS ministry is a great sign

Home - FOCUS

God Bless