Published
January 22, 2013
This article discusses important factors to consider when evaluating and choosing a liberal arts college.
10000 Ojai Rd, Santa paula, CA 93060
Thomas Aquinas College is an institution that has faithfully pursued, articulated and defended a single, well-defined mission throughout its 35 years of existence. That mission is stated well in its Self-Study: to provide for the "liberal education of students according to the natural powers of reason and by the light of the Catholic Faith."
School Overview: | Thomas Aquinas College | |
| County | Ventura County, CA | |
| Title IV Eligible | Participat | |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts | |
| Institution Level | Four or more years | |
| Institution Control | Private not-for-profit | |
| Instructional Staff Total (research/public service staff included) | 31 staff | 115 staff |
| Student Body | ||
| Total Enrollment | 370 students | 1,633 students |
| # Full-Time Students | 370 students | 1,434 students |
| % American Indian/Alaskan | - | 1% |
| % Asian | 2% | 2% |
| % Hawaiian | - | 1% |
| % Hispanic | 8% | 3% |
| % Black | - | 6% |
| % White | 90% | 84% |
| % Two or more races | - | 2% |
| Finances and Admission | ||
| In-State Tuition Fees (2012-13) | $23,600 | $24,462 |
| Out-State Tuition Fees (2012-13) | $23,600 | $24,744 |
| Percent Admitted | 80% | 64% |
| SAT Reading (25-75%) | 620-700 | 450-570 |
| SAT Math (25-75%) | 560-660 | 460-573 |
| SAT Writing (25-75%) | 580-690 | 440-570 |
| ACT English (25-75%) | 25-33 | 19-25 |
| ACT Math (25-75%) | 23-29 | 18-25 |
| ACT Composite (25-75%) | 25-29 | 20-25 |
School Notes:
- Thomas Aquinas College is a private, 4-year, undergraduate, coeducational college. The college campus covers 131 acres, 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
- Founded in 1971, the College's program of Catholic liberal education is unique in American higher education. There are no textbooks. The prescribed, four-year interdisciplinary course of studies is based on the original works of the best, most influential authors, poets, scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians of Western civilization.
- The arts and sciences which comprise the curriculum are organized into a comprehensive whole. The College aims at providing its students with a thorough grounding in the arts of thinking and a broad and integrated vision of the whole of life and learning.
- Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education and by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. AALE is a national accreditation board; WASC is the regional accreditation board for California and Guam.
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