There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2026. They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.See Quentin Wodon, "Catholic Higher Education in the United States: Exploring the Decision to Enroll from a Student’s (or a Student Advisor’s) Point of View." Religions 13.8 (2022): 732+ online.
Adorers of the Blood of Christ Newman University (Wichita, Kansas)
Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) Assumption University (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Augustinian (Order of Saint Augustine) Merrimack College (North Andover, Massachusetts) Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil) University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas)
Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)
Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina) Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas) Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois) College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minnesota) 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 Joseph Seminary College (Saint Benedict, Louisiana) Saint Leo University (St. Leo, Florida) Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington) Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) University of Mary (Bismarck, North Dakota)
Brothers of Christian Instruction Walsh University (North Canton, Ohio)
Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers) Iona University (New Rochelle, New York)
Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes Marian University (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)
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)
Diocesan 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 Gardens, Florida) Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey) Thomas More University (Crestview Hills, Kentucky) University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein, Illinois) University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Dominican (Order of Preachers) 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 Shores, 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 New York (Orangeburg, New York) Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California) Edgewood University (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)
Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund) Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vermont)
Franciscan
First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor) Franciscan School of Theology (Oceanside, California) Quincy University (Quincy, Illinois) St. Bonaventure University (Olean, New York) Siena University (Loudonville, New York)
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 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
Grey Nuns D'Youville University (Buffalo, New York)
Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross) Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas) Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - Sisters of the Holy Cross Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts) University of Holy Cross (New Orleans, Louisiana) University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana) University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)
Jesuit (Society of Jesus)
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) Canisius University (Buffalo, New York) College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska) Fairfield University (Fairfield, Connecticut) Fordham University (Bronx, New York, New York, New York & West Harrison, New York) Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio) Le Moyne College (DeWitt, New York) Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, California) Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Regis University (Denver, Colorado) Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Missouri) Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) Saint Peter's University (Jersey City, New Jersey) Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California) Seattle University (Seattle, Washington) Spring Hill College (Mobile, Alabama) University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan) University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California) University of Scranton (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Wheeling University (Wheeling, West Virginia) Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Missionaries of the Precious Blood Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, Indiana) Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)
Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré) St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales DeSales University (Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Pontifical The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
School Sisters of Notre Dame Mount Mary University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, Maryland)
Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) Edgewood University (Madison, Wisconsin)
Sisters of Charity 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 Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sisters of Charity of Ohio Saint Elizabeth University (Morristown, New Jersey), Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey 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
Sisters of Christian Charity Assumption College for Sisters (Denville, New Jersey)
Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence) La Roche University (McCandless, Pennsylvania), Sisters of Divine Providence, Maria de la Roche Province Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas)
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth Holy Family University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Sisters of Mercy
Carlow University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Nebraska) Georgian Court University (Lakewood, New Jersey) Gwynedd Mercy University (Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania) Maria College (Albany, New York) Mercy College of Health Sciences (Des Moines, Iowa) Mercy College of Ohio (Toledo, Ohio) Mercyhurst University (Erie, Pennsylvania) Misericordia University (Dallas, Pennsylvania) Mount Aloysius College (Cresson, Pennsylvania) Mount Mercy University (Cedar Rapids, Iowa Saint Joseph's College of Maine (Standish, Maine) Saint Xavier University (Chicago, Illinois) Salve Regina University (Newport, Rhode Island) Trocaire College (Buffalo, New York) University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan) University of Saint Joseph (West Hartford, Connecticut)
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Emmanuel College (Boston, Massachusetts) Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California), offering graduate programs only since 2021 Trinity Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary Rivier University (Nashua, New Hampshire)
Sisters of Providence (Montreal) University of Providence (Great Falls, Montana)
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Terre Haute, Indiana)
Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US) Manor College (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
Sisters of St. Joseph
Avila University (Kansas City, Missouri) Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Elms College (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Mount St. Mary's University (Los Angeles, California) Regis College (Weston, Massachusetts) St. Catherine University (St. Paul, Minnesota) St. Joseph's University (Brooklyn and Patchogue, New York)
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Immaculata University (Malvern, Pennsylvania) Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Society of the Divine Word Divine Word College (Epworth, Iowa)
Society of the Holy Child Jesus Rosemont College (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)
Society of Mary (Marianists)
Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii) St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Texas) University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph) Brescia University (Owensboro, Kentucky)
Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission) DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois) Niagara University (Lewiston, New York) St. John's University (Jamaica, New York)
Independent Augustine Institute (Florissant, Missouri) Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida) Bellarmine University (Louisville, Kentucky) Christendom College (Front Royal, Virginia) Divine Mercy University (Sterling, Virginia) Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California), Holy Apostles College and Seminary (Cromwell, Connecticut) Holy Spirit College (Atlanta, Georgia)