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At its peak in 1965, the number of U.S. parochial schools was more than 12,000, and roughly half of all Catholic children in America attended Catholic elementary schools, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. The same share in 2009 is about 15 percent.
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.)
There was a small Catholic population in the English colonies, chiefly in Maryland. It supported local schools, often under Jesuit auspices. The Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Black order of nuns, pioneered in educating Black children in the area, founding St. Frances Academy in 1828 (the first and oldest Black Catholic school in the US).
Independent Catholic schools are Catholic primary, secondary schools or colleges that are not operated by a parish or religious order as well as own, fund, and operate themselves. Also included are such schools which seek to teach the Catholic faith but which, lacking approval of the local bishop , are not entitled to call themselves Catholic.
Catholic schools in the United States by state or territory (28 C) Defunct Catholic schools in the United States (2 C, 18 P) Lists of Catholic schools in the United States (2 C, 30 P)
Orthodox Church in America: 53: 7 Starr King School for the Ministry: Berkeley, California: Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt (President) 1978: Unitarian Universalist: 75: 5 Talbot School of Theology of Biola University: La Mirada, California: Barry H. Corey (President) 1978: Inter/Multidenominational: 1075: 82 The Catholic University of America School ...