As part of our series on higher education institutions in America, the focus of this article will center on religiously affiliated colleges and universities in the United States. There are roughly 850–900 religiously affiliated colleges in the United States, and the Catholic Church has by far the most, with about 240 institutions, making it the largest religious higher‑education network in the country.
Below is a consolidated view of the major religious groups with significant numbers of affiliated colleges, based on the most recent available data:
According to national higher‑education data, the U.S. has about 862 religiously affiliated colleges across all denominations.
