10 best Roman Catholic Schools

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Recent USA today article on the best Roman Catholic schools in the US. Since most of the Big East schools are in this category, figured it would be interesting.

#1
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
#2
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
#3
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
#4
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
#5
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
#6
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
#7
Providence College
Providence, RI
#8
College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, MN
#9
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
#10
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

As far as Big East schools, here are the rankings (national ranking in parenthesis out of 1,394 schools):
#3 (#33)
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
#5 (#68)
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
#7 (#109)
Providence College
Providence, RI
#13 (#146)
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
#20 (#172)
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
(#197)
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
#27 (#211)
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
#33 (#247)
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
#40 (#277)
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
#72 (#491)
St John's University-New York
Queens, NY

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/05/18/the-10-best-roman-catholic-colleges/

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Another rankings list of top 50 catholic schools.

1. Villanova
3. Creighton
4. Georgetown
9. Providence
11. Xavier

http://www.collegechoice.net/rankings/top-catholic-colleges-and-universities/