2023 Most Focused Colleges for Catholic Studies in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Catholic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Catholic Studies is the 1357th most popular major in the country with 6 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Catholic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in catholic studies. That schools that top this list have a program in catholic studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Catholic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region catholic studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Catholic Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Athenaeum of Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Athenaeum of Ohio. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Catholic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Athenaeum of Ohio Catholic Studies Report

2

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

$49,846 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,119 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Catholic Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 ’s catholic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.