<p>Among “universities”</p>
<p>1) Notre Dame, Georgetown (tied)
3) Boston College
4) Catholic University of America
5) Villanova</p>
<p>Among LACs:</p>
<p>1) College of the Holy Cross
2) St. John’s/St. Benedict’s</p>
<p>Among the rest, Santa Clara and Gonzaga are the best Catholic Univeristies on the West Coast with Seattle, Portland, LMU, San Francico bunched together and St. Mary’s slightly behind.</p>
<p>In the midwest for students who didnt get into Notre Dame, Marquette would be next, then St. Louis, then a tie between Loyola and DePaul (traditionally Loyola is ranked higher but DePaul seems to be coming on strong and might have passed them) and Dayton</p>
<p>LACs in the Midwest would be St. Norbert’s in Wisconsin, John Carroll in Cleveland.</p>
<p>Among the traditional women’s colleges, St. Catherine’s in Minnesota, Trinity in Washington and Rosemont near Philadelphia are said to be pretty good. Trinity is the alma mater of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebeilius and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco.</p>