What Does It Mean for a School to Have a ‘Catholic Identity’?

If you’re someone who values a school’s Catholic identity in addition to rewarding academics, you’ve come to the right place.

Aquinas College

A Catholic college in Nashville, Tennessee, Aquinas College is owned and operated by the Dominican Sisters of the St. Cecilia Congregation. Aquinas students — young sisters in formation and lay students alike — are prepared as educators in the Dominican charism of preaching to bring Christ into the lives of the students they will serve.

Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology

Offering degrees both on campus in Denver and through distance education, the Augustine Institute is one of the largest Catholic master’s degree programs training leaders to serve in the Church’s mission of evangelization.

Ave Maria University

The university takes as its mission the sponsorship of a liberal arts education curriculum dedicated, as articulated in the apostolic constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, to the advancement of human culture, the promotion of dialogue between faith and reason, the formation of men and women in the intellectual and moral virtues of the Catholic faith, and to the development of professional and pre-professional programs in response to local and societal needs.

Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation

An online institute that draws Christians worldwide into deeper union with Christ, under the patronage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Belmont Abbey College

Belmont Abbey College is a private, Newman Guide, Catholic, Benedictine college founded in 1876. Our mission is to cultivate the ideals of excellence, virtue and faith. Students create deep relationships with mentors of great talent and character, preparing them for their career and for life.

Benedictine College

A Catholic, Benedictine, residential liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, sponsored by the monks of St. Benedict's Abbey and the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, named one of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News World Report, The Newman Guide, and Colleges of Distinction Guidebook.

Campion College Australia

Australia’s only liberal arts college, forming future leaders of the Church and society through a broad program of learning that integrates faith and reason.

The Catholic Distance University

CDU immerses students in a rich global learning community that fosters professional excellence, fellowship and engagement. As a learner-centered institution, CDU takes a personal approach to online education, enabling students to earn academically rigorous degrees and certificates in the Liberal Arts and Theology from the comfort of home.