Thomas Aquinas College
About
Thomas Aquinas College is a private Catholic liberal arts college located in California and Massachusetts, founded in 1971. The college has a student body of over 500 and focuses on an integrated curriculum based on the Great Books and Socratic discussions.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, 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
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
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.
Academic programs at 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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Thomas Aquinas College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThomas Aquinas College | 84% | — | 566 | $25,032 | Baccalaureate |
Allen University | 13% | 72.5% | 610 | $11,081 | Baccalaureate |
American Jewish University | 44% | 96.0% | 424 | — | Baccalaureate |
Beacon College | 58% | 43.5% | 531 | $36,576 | Baccalaureate |
Bethel College-North Newton | 37% | 93.5% | 509 | $24,392 | Baccalaureate |
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 65% | 82.9% | 255 | $19,600 | Baccalaureate |
College of the Atlantic | 68% | 70.2% | 358 | $24,028 | Baccalaureate |
Lyon College | 47% | 62.8% | 659 | $22,670 | Baccalaureate |
Magdalen College | 53% | 44.4% | — | $15,922 | Baccalaureate |
McPherson College | 34% | 76.8% | 878 | $24,837 | Baccalaureate |
Randolph College | 46% | 93.7% | 816 | $18,436 | Baccalaureate |
Rust College | 12% | 48.7% | 467 | $8,751 | Baccalaureate |
St. Andrews University | 27% | 64.8% | 676 | $33,756 | Baccalaureate |
St. John's College | 71% | 55.2% | 583 | $27,934 | Baccalaureate |
Talladega College | 31% | 85.4% | 760 | $13,461 | Baccalaureate |
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | 63% | 89.6% | 97 | $21,511 | Baccalaureate |
Trinity International University-Florida | — | — | — | $5,455 | Baccalaureate |
Wells College | 41% | 69.6% | — | $22,921 | Baccalaureate |
Wesleyan College | 45% | 59.1% | 531 | $14,528 | Baccalaureate |
Westmont College | 70% | 77.0% | 1,310 | $32,926 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 46% | 71.4% | 566 | $22,670 |
Reports & documents (1)
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