The Catholic University of America is a private religious university in DC, founded in 1887, and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate and graduate enrollment is 5,059. The university is a somewhat selective school, accepting 83.7% of applicants. Its athletic teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels, and the university employs 351 full-time instructional staff with a 7:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
