Forbes released its list of the top 100 colleges in the U.S. earlier this month; eight Catholic schools made the list, four of them Jesuit institutions.
Notre Dame ranked highest among Catholic schools at #18. Below are the Catholic higher education institutions that made the top 100, along with their ranking, location, annual costs and enrollments:
18 — University of Notre Dame, Indiana; $53,239; 11,816
26 — Boston College, Massachusetts; $54,624; 15,036
27 — College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts; $54,432; 2,932
47 — Georgetown University, District of Columbia; $56,485; 16,520
67 — Santa Clara University, California; $53,742; 8,846
84 — St. Norbert College, Wisconsin; $37,392; 2,304
85 — St. Anselm College, New Hampshire; $45,705; 1,915
88 — St. Michael’s College, Vermont; $45,630; 2,466
You can view the Forbe's list here (h/t to CNS blog). A head's up to parents: A painfully high percentage of these schools are clocking in at the $50k or above level PER YEAR. Save your pennies (or opt for voluntary poverty so your college bound can coast through on scholarships).
Boston College #31
Fordham #56
Marquette #75
St. Louis University #86
University of Dayton #99
Loyola University Chicago #117
University of San Francisco (Jesuit) also #117
Catholic University #120
Duquesne University also #120
University of St. Thomas #124
Seton Hall #136
DePaul University also #136
St. John's University #143
Immaculata University #176
St. Mary's University Minnesota #183
It looks like College of the Holy Cross is on the liberal arts college list rather than the "national university" one; on the liberal arts college list, it's #32.
By the way, on "Best Undergraduate Teaching," Notre Dame is #4.
I like the school as well and know severl Norbertine fathers. They strike me as open-minded, well-educated folks, very much like the Jesuits.
p.s. Where is the Franciscian University of Steubenville in the rankings?!
FYI, Notre Dame has instituted an aggressive affirmative action program for Catholic faculty. See http://magazine.nd.edu/news/9951-how-catholic-the-faculty/