St. Thomas Aquinas College
About
St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) is a private college in Sparkill, New York, United States. The college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, whose headquarters are in the town. The college offers 35 majors across three schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 27.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 53 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 44 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 17.0%
- No Data44 · 83.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 3
- Aug 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jul 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 437 students received $2.6M in Pell grants, alongside $6.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 327 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (2.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at St. Thomas Aquinas College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
St. Thomas Aquinas College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions St. Thomas Aquinas College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSt. Thomas Aquinas College | 54% | — | 2,037 | $21,344 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Boricua College | 33% | — | 516 | $14,187 | Baccalaureate |
Dominican University New York | 52% | 63.3% | 1,396 | $26,187 | Doctoral/Professional |
Elmira College | 65% | 77.0% | 786 | $23,735 | Baccalaureate |
Hobart William Smith Colleges | 77% | 64.0% | 1,841 | $31,057 | Baccalaureate |
Houghton University | 67% | 88.7% | 1,200 | $21,148 | Baccalaureate |
Keuka College | 58% | 68.1% | 1,366 | $25,989 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Le Moyne College | 73% | 83.0% | 3,091 | $21,547 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Marymount Manhattan College | 49% | 82.6% | 1,601 | $37,037 | Baccalaureate |
Mount Saint Mary College | 65% | 88.9% | 2,491 | $23,736 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Roberts Wesleyan University | 67% | 70.6% | 1,960 | $23,461 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
St Bonaventure University | 67% | 81.6% | 2,752 | $27,151 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
St Lawrence University | 79% | 54.3% | 1,991 | $30,561 | Baccalaureate |
St. Francis College | 52% | 84.3% | 4,567 | $21,614 | Baccalaureate |
The College of Saint Rose | 51% | 73.4% | — | $23,819 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Trocaire College | — | 97.5% | 1,069 | $21,236 | — |
University of Mount Saint Vincent | 57% | 85.1% | 3,774 | $19,920 | Baccalaureate |
Vassar College | 91% | 18.6% | 2,462 | $38,182 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 65% | 79.3% | 1,960 | $23,736 |
St. Thomas Aquinas College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides contact information for various offices at St. Thomas Aquinas College, including the Office of Institutional Research. The contact phone number for Institutional Research is 845-398-4207. The college is located at 125 Route 340, Sparkill, New York.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planSt. Thomas Aquinas College Strategic PlanSt. Thomas Aquinas College, founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, is a hub for personalized and experiential learning with over 100 programs across four schools. President Ken Daly, the college's ninth president, aims to lead with strategic leadership and focus on fundraising and community engagement. Nestled in the beautiful Hudson Valley, the college offers students a supportive environment just 15 miles north of New York City, providing access to numerous cultural and educational opportunities.stac.edu
Notable alumni of St. Thomas Aquinas College (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Barbara CorcoranBusiness
- Lahcen HaddadPolitics
- Gordon M. JohnsonPolitics
- Frank MessinaLiterature
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