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There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024.[1] They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.[2]
- Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities
- Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
- Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas)
- Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois)
- Catholic International University (Charles Town, West Virginia)
- College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minnesota)
- The College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota)
- Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Mount Marty University (Yankton, South Dakota)
- Saint Anselm College (Goffstown, New Hampshire)
- Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota)
- Saint Leo University (St. Leo, Florida)
- Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington)
- Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)
- University of Mary (Bismarck, North Dakota)
- Christian Brothers University (Memphis, Tennessee)
- La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois)
- Manhattan University (Riverdale, Bronx, New York)
- Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, California)
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona, Minnesota)
- Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
- Catholic International University (Charles Town, West Virginia)
- Donnelly College (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Gannon University (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa)
- Mount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
- St. Ambrose University (Davenport, Iowa)
- St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida)
- Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey)
- Thomas More University (Crestview Hills, Kentucky)
- University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
- Albertus Magnus College (New Haven, Connecticut)
- Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Aquinas College (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Barry University (Miami, Florida)
- Bayamón Central University (Bayamón, Puerto Rico)
- Caldwell University (Caldwell, New Jersey)
- Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Berkeley, California)
- Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois)
- Dominican University (Orangeburg, New York)
- Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California)
- Edgewood College (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Molloy University (Rockville Centre, New York)
- Mount Saint Mary College (Newburgh, New York)
- Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, Ohio)
- Providence College (Providence, Rhode Island)
- St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, New York)
- Siena Heights University (Adrian, Michigan)
First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor)
Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares)
Third Order of Saint Francis
- Alvernia University (Reading, Pennsylvania) - Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis
- Alverno College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - School Sisters of St. Francis
- Briar Cliff University (Sioux City, Iowa) - Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque
- Felician University (Lodi, New Jersey) - Felician Sisters
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - known as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016
- Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- Hilbert College (Hamburg, New York) - Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
- Lourdes University (Sylvania, Ohio) - Sisters of St. Francis Sylvania
- Madonna University (Livonia, Michigan) - Felician Sisters of Livonia
- Marian University (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Sisters of St. Francis Oldenburg
- Neumann University (Aston, Pennsylvania) - Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
- St. Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, New York) - Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
- Saint Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular
- University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
- University of St. Francis (Joliet, Illinois) - Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate
- Villa Maria College (Buffalo, New York) - Felician Sisters
- Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin) - Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
- Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross
- King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas)
- Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - Sisters of the Holy Cross
- Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)
- University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
- University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) Official site
- Canisius University (Buffalo, New York) Official site
- College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) Official site
- Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska) Official site
- Fairfield University (Fairfield, Connecticut) Official site
- Fordham University (Bronx, New York, New York, New York & West Harrison, New York) Official site
- Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) Official site
- Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) Official site
- John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio) Official site
- Le Moyne College (DeWitt, New York) Official site
- Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, California) Official site
- Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Official site
- Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) Official site
- Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) Official site
- Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Official site
- Regis University (Denver, Colorado) Official site
- Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Missouri) Official site
- Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) Official site
- Saint Peter's University (Jersey City, New Jersey) Official site
- Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California) Official site
- Seattle University (Seattle, Washington) Official site
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Alabama) Official site
- University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan) Official site
- University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California) Official site
- University of Scranton (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Official site
- Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa), Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- University of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, Bronx, New York), Sisters of Charity of New York
- College of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, New Jersey), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey
- Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Official site
- Seton Hill University (Greensburg, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill of Greensburg
- Spalding University (Louisville, Kentucky), Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
- University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas), Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
- University of Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas), Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Official site
- La Roche College (McCandless, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province
- Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas)
- Conference for Mercy Higher Education
- Carlow University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Official site
- College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Nebraska) Official site
- Georgian Court University (Lakewood, New Jersey) Official site
- Gwynedd Mercy University (Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Maria College (Albany, New York) Official site
- Mercyhurst University (Erie, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Misericordia University (Dallas, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Mount Aloysius College (Cresson, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Mount Mercy University (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Official site
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine (Standish, Maine) Official site
- St. Xavier University (Chicago, Illinois) Official site
- Salve Regina University (Newport, Rhode Island) Official site
- Trocaire College (Buffalo, New York) Official site
- University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan) Official site
- University of Saint Joseph (West Hartford, Connecticut) Official site
- Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California), offering graduate programs only since 2021
- Trinity Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
- Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph
- Avila University (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- The College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York) Official site
- Elms College (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Official site
- Fontbonne University (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Mount St. Mary's University (Los Angeles, California) Official site
- Regis College (Weston, Massachusetts)
- St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minnesota)
- St. Joseph's University (Brooklyn, New York)
- Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Official site
- Augustine Institute (Denver, Colorado) Official site
- Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida) Official site
- Bellarmine University (Louisville, Kentucky) Official site
- Christendom College (Front Royal, Virginia) Official site
- Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California) Official site, founded in 1890 by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael as an independent university of Catholic heritage
- Holy Apostles College and Seminary (Cromwell, Connecticut) Official site
- Holy Spirit College (Atlanta, Georgia)
- John Paul the Great Catholic University (San Diego, California) Official site
- Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts (Warner, New Hampshire) Official site
- Marymount University (Arlington, Virginia) Official site, founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
- Mexican American Catholic College (San Antonio, Texas) Official site, the Americas' only bilingual, bi-cultural Catholic college, formerly the Mexican American Cultural Center
- Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, Connecticut)
- Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, California) Official site
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (Merrimack, New Hampshire) Official site
- University of Dallas (Irving, Texas) Official site
- University of the Sacred Heart (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Official site
- University of San Diego (San Diego, California) Official site
- Ursuline College (Pepper Pike, Ohio) Official site, maintains close ties to its founding religious congregation, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland
- Wyoming Catholic College (Lander, Wyoming) Official site
- Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans, Louisiana), the only Catholic HBCU, founded by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
- Benedictine College School of Engineering (Atchison, Kansas)
- Catholic University School of Engineering (Washington, D.C.)
- Christian Brothers University School of Engineering (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Fairfield University School of Engineering (Fairfield, Connecticut)
- Gannon University College of Engineering and Business (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science (Spokane, Washington)
- Loyola Marymount University College of Science and Engineering (Los Angeles, California)
- Manhattan University School of Engineering (Riverdale, New York)
- Marquette University College of Engineering (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Saint Louis University Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, Connecticut)
- Saint Martin's University Hal and Inge Marcus School of Engineering (Lacey, Washington)
- St. Mary's University School of Science, Engineering and Technology (San Antonio, Texas)
- Santa Clara University School of Engineering (Santa Clara, California)
- Seattle University College of Science and Engineering (Seattle, Washington)
- University of Dayton School of Engineering (Dayton, Ohio)
- University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering and Science (Detroit, Michigan)
- University of Mary School of Engineering
- University of Notre Dame College of Engineering (South Bend, Indiana)
- University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering (Portland, Oregon)
- University of St. Thomas School of Engineering (St. Paul, Minnesota)
- University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering (San Diego, California)
- Villanova University College of Engineering (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
- Ave Maria School of Law (Naples, Florida)
- Barry University School of Law (Orlando, Florida)
- Boston College Law School (Newton, Massachusetts)
- Columbus School of Law (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.)
- Creighton University School of Law (Omaha, Nebraska)
- DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
- Duquesne University School of Law (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Fordham University School of Law (New York, New York)
- Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.)
- Gonzaga University School of Law (Spokane, Washington)
- Loyola Law School (Los Angeles, California)
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Notre Dame Law School (Notre Dame, Indiana)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
- St. John's University School of Law (Jamaica, New York)
- Saint Louis University School of Law (St. Louis, Missouri)
- St. Mary's University School of Law (San Antonio, Texas)
- St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida)
- Santa Clara University School of Law (Santa Clara, California)
- Seattle University School of Law (Seattle, Washington)
- Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, New Jersey)
- University of Dayton School of Law (Dayton, Ohio)
- University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan)
- University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- University of San Diego School of Law (San Diego, California)
- University of San Francisco School of Law (San Francisco, California)
- Villanova University School of Law (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
- Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, D.C.)
- Loyola University Chicago - Stritch School of Medicine (Maywood, Illinois)
- Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri)
- University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (San Antonio, Texas)
- Delta Epsilon Sigma is the official national scholastic honor society for students, faculty, and alumni of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition.[3]
Schools that have ended or renounced their affiliation with the Church:
- Daemen University (Amherst, New York) – founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
- Lynn University (Boca Raton, Florida) – formerly Marymount College of Boca Raton
- Manhattanville University (Purchase, New York) – ended affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1971
- Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York) – ownership transferred to a lay board of trustees in 1969[4]
- Marymount Manhattan College (New York, New York)
- Maryville University (St. Louis, Missouri) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972
- Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine
- Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, New York) - renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in the 1970’s.
- Nazareth University (Rochester, New York) – founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ) of Rochester
- New York Medical College (Valhalla, New York) – now part of Touro University System
- St. John Fisher University (Rochester, New York) – founded by the Basilian Fathers (CSB); renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1968
- Stevenson University (Stevenson, Maryland) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
- Webster University (Webster Groves, Missouri) – founded by the Sisters of Loretto; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967
- Barat College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
- Cardinal Cushing College (Brookline, Massachusetts)
- Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
- College of Santa Fe (became secular as Santa Fe University of Art and Design, then closed) (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Cardinal Newman College (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Claver College (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
- College of New Rochelle (New Rochelle, New York) - founded in 1904 as New York state's first Catholic college for women; merged into Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, New York)
- College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- College of Saint Teresa (Winona, Minnesota)
- College of Saint Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas) Official site
- Duchesne College (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross (Washington, D.C.)
- Holy Family College (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
- Holy Name College (Washington, D.C.)
- Holy Names University (Oakland, California)
- Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles, California)
- Ladycliff College (Highland Falls, New York)
- Lexington College (Chicago, Illinois) Official site
- Marian Court College (Swampscott, Massachusetts) Official site
- Mary Manse College (Toledo, Ohio), active from 1922 to 1975, was operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns.
- Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa)
- Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan)
- Marylhurst University (Portland, Oregon) Official site
- Marymount California University (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)
- Marymount College (Salina, Kansas)
- Marymount College (Tarrytown, New York)
- Mount Saint Mary College (Hooksett, New Hampshire)
- Notre Dame College (Manchester, New Hampshire)
- Oblate College (Washington, D.C.)
- St. Catharine College (St. Catharine, Kentucky)
- St. Gregory's University (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
- Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana) Official site
- St. Mary of the Plains College (Dodge City, Kansas)
- St. Viator College (Bourbonnais, Illinois)
- Southern Benedictine College (Cullman, Alabama)
- Southern Catholic College (Dawsonville, Georgia)
- Trinity College of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
- University of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
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