Individual college guides often tend to focus on a narrow set of criteria, but when taken together, they can help to present a more complete picture. Below is a summary of the College鈥檚 reviews in the latest editions of the various publications:

U.S. News & World Report:
鈥淏est Colleges鈥

  • No. 1 in the U.S. for social mobility
  • Top 100 among the country鈥檚 national liberal arts colleges 
  • No. 2 for alumni satisfaction as measured by annual giving
  • No. 1 for the highest proportion of classes under 20 students (100 percent) and the lowest proportion of classes with more than 50 students (0 percent)
US News

The Princeton Review

  • Top marks for financial aid (95/99), academics (92/99), student life (94/99),  interesting professors (99/99), and professors鈥 accessibility (98/99).
  • Top 15 percent of American four-year colleges
  • No. 17 nationwide for financial aid
  • No. 4 for 鈥淢ost Accessible Professors,鈥 No. 7 for 鈥淢ost Religious Students,鈥 No. 11 for 鈥淧rofessors Get High Marks,鈥 No. 11 for 鈥淢ost Politically Conservative Students,鈥 No. 12 for 鈥淏est Classroom Experience,鈥 No. 14 for 鈥淗appiest Students,鈥 No. 18 for 鈥淏est Quality of Life鈥 
  • Results from student survey include: 鈥渂rilliant, yet down-to-earth tutors鈥 who are 鈥渁re always available to talk and are open to any and all questions [students] may have鈥; students are 鈥渁nimated by a definitively Catholic spirit鈥 and have 鈥渁 strong desire to do good and help others.鈥 
Princeton Review

  • One of only 15 recommended colleges and universities in the United States
  • 鈥淚mpressive intellectual rigor that is matched by a commitment to orthodox Catholicism.鈥
  • 鈥淭he first in a wave of new Catholic colleges born from the crisis of Catholic identity in American Catholic higher education.鈥
  • 鈥淭he only Catholic college in America that teaches exclusively from [the] classic works of Western civilization.鈥

 

Association of College Trustees and Alumni  

  • Top 2 percent of country鈥檚 major colleges and universities
  • Two campuses constitute two of only seven colleges in the U.S. to receive a perfect score for ensuring that students study seven key areas: composition, literature, American history, foreign language, mathematics, science, and economics.
  • Highest rating for strength of curriculum 

ACTA

USA Today: 鈥淭he 10 Best Roman Catholic Colleges鈥

  • 鈥淒evoted to providing a strong education while being rooted in the Roman Catholic faith鈥
  • 鈥淕reat student to faculty ratio鈥
  • 鈥淓xcellent graduation and freshman retention rates鈥
  • 鈥淒iverse student body that comes from states all across the nation鈥
  • Also listed among Best 10 Colleges for the Money
US Today

National Catholic Register

  • One of only 44 鈥渇aithfully Catholic colleges and universities nationwide鈥 chosen for the 鈥淐atholic Identity College Guide鈥
  • Perfect marks for all 10 measures of campus fidelity and moral climate
  • 鈥91黑料 is the only faithfully Catholic college that offers a fully integrated Great Books curriculum that spans all the major disciplines and is taught entirely via classroom discussion.鈥
National Catholic Register

Cool Colleges

  • 鈥淭he best college class I ever attended, undergraduate or graduate, was at 91黑料.鈥
  • 鈥淸Students] backed up their comments with evidence and careful, logical arguments.鈥
  • 鈥淚 shall remember this class, where I was but a guest, for the rest of my life.鈥
  • 鈥淎 rigorous great books curriculum鈥
Cool Colleges

Kiplinger: 鈥淏est Values in Private Colleges鈥

  • No. 1 among all colleges and universities
  • Only Catholic school to be named to the Top 20
  • Rankings based on outstanding academics and affordable cost

Kiplinger

Washington Monthly

  • Among top 150 American liberal arts colleges for 鈥渃ontribution to the public good鈥
  • Top 50 for 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥 in the Western United States
Washington Monthly 2022 College Guide