There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024. They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.

Adorers of the Blood of Christ

Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)

Augustinian (Order of Saint Augustine)

Basilian (Congregation of St. Basil)

Benedictine (Order of Saint Benedict)

• Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities

Brothers of Christian Instruction

Christian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)

Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes

De La Salle Christian Brothers / Lasallian (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)

Diocesan

Dominican (Order of Preachers)

Edmundite (Society of Saint Edmund)

Franciscan

First Order of Saint Francis (Order of Friars Minor)

Second Order of Saint Francis (Poor Clares)

Third Order of Saint Francis

Grey Nuns

Holy Cross (Congregation of Holy Cross)

Jesuit (Society of Jesus)

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Norbertine (Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

Pontifical

School Sisters of Notre Dame

Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters

Sisters of Charity

Sisters of Divine Providence (Congregation of Divine Providence)

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

Sisters of Mercy

• Conference for Mercy Higher Education

Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Sisters of the Presentation of Mary

Sisters of Providence (Montreal)

Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Sisters of Saint Anne

Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the US)

Sisters of St. Joseph

• Association of Colleges of Sisters of Saint Joseph

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Society of Mary (Marianists)

• Association of Marianist Universities

Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)

Ursuline (Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph)

Vincentian (Congregation of the Mission)

Independent

Catholic dental schools

Catholic engineering schools

Catholic law schools

Catholic medical schools

Catholic schools of professional psychology

Catholic Honor Society

Formerly Catholic universities and colleges

Schools that have ended or renounced their affiliation with the Church:

Defunct Catholic universities and colleges