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Thomas Aquinas College, California

Overview of Thomas Aquinas College

Thomas Aquinas College can be found in Santa Paula, California (a rural area). One of the defining characteristics of the school is its status as a Roman Catholic school. Thomas Aquinas College is a private, not-for-profit institution. The Bachelor's degree is the highest degree at the school.

Areas of Study

Thomas Aquinas College has a tighter focus on specific areas of study than most colleges its size. The most common majors at the school are in liberal arts.

Thomas Aquinas College Selectivity

Thomas Aquinas College does not have an open admissions system. Not everyone who applies is accepted. Only 25% of students scored 628 or lower in 2005 on the verbal SAT test. Math SAT scores at the school centered around 570 to 653, but ranged both higher and lower. People attending Thomas Aquinas College come from a variety of states around the country.

Faculty

Classes at the school are less crowded than at many schools. A tenure system is one way Thomas Aquinas College works to keep a high-quality staff. Instructors at the school are well-paid.

Student Body

In 2005, 359 students were enrolled in Thomas Aquinas College.

Student Life

The school has a residential or campus feel. Student dorms or apartments are common at Thomas Aquinas College. The school offers students meal plans.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"Thomas Aquinas College has a single mission: the liberal education of students according to their natural powers of reason illuminated by the light of the Catholic Faith. This mission is the end by which all means are judged û from customs of community life to curricular decisions and faculty appointments, to building design and forms of governance. +++ To accomplish its mission, the College has a single, substantially unvarying program with no majors, minors, or electives. It consists in an integrated and orderly study of the liberal arts and sciences, beginning with the fundamental arts of the trivium and quadrivium, proceeding through the natural and political sciences, and culminating in theology. The College achieves its mission chiefly through reflective consideration of seminal questions raised in classical texts. These texts û often referred to as the ôGreat Booksö û are selected by the faculty under the guidance of the Catholic tradition. In accordance with this tradition, the works of St. Thomas Aquinas occupy a preeminent position in the CollegeÆs curriculum. +++ Classes are seminars and tutorials: groups of fifteen to twenty students discussing the readings under the guidance of a faculty member. A laboratory program provides students laboratory experience in addition to the reading of primary texts. Tutorials, seminars, and laboratories are complemented by a lecture and concert series. This offers students an opportunity to witness and discuss the scholarly and artistic works of the wider community. +++ The CollegeÆs educational principles and curriculum arise from an intellectual tradition which does not fluctuate with the vicissitudes of time, founded as it is in a perennial wisdom by which the truth and merit of new insights and discoveries may be best understood. The College aims to sustain the natural wonder of students, to develop their intellectual virtues, and to help them satisfy their desire to know things noble and worth knowing."

More complete details are provided below.

Contacting Thomas Aquinas College

Thomas Aquinas College
10000 N Ojai Rd
Santa Paula, CA 93060
General Phone: (805) 525-4417
http://www.thomasaquinas.edu

Thomas Aquinas College Programs and Degrees (2005)

Thomas Aquinas College awarded degrees in these major categories in 2005:

General CategoryDegreesMost Common Majors [see all]
Liberal Arts63liberal arts and sciences

Number of programs and degrees for Thomas Aquinas College in 2005:

Degree LevelTotal
Awarded
Number of
Programs
Bachelor's degree631

Student Body

In 2005, Thomas Aquinas College had a total enrollment of 359 students (359 full-time equivalent).

Students in the Freshman Class (2005):

GroupPercent
Men52%
Women48%
Full-Time100%

More details are available, using 2004 data:

Students By Class (2004):

GroupPercent
Undergraduate100%

Racial Diversity (2004):
RacePercent
White82%
Black0%
Hispanic5%
Asian4%
American Indian1%
(Foreign Students)8%

Students by Age (2004):

AgePercent
Under 184%
18-1947%
20-2132%
22-2412%
25-292%
30-341%
35-391%

Incoming (Freshman) Students by Place of Residence (2004):
(From available data sampling)

ResidencePercent
California43%
Foreign countries7%
Texas6%
Massachusetts5%
Wisconsin3%
Washington3%
Illinois2%
Idaho2%
Minnesota2%
Kansas2%
Maryland2%
Delaware2%
Virginia2%
Iowa2%
Kentucky1%
Michigan1%
Indiana1%
Montana1%
New Mexico1%
Pennsylvania1%
Missouri1%
New York1%
Connecticut1%
Oregon1%
Arizona1%
West Virginia1%
Arkansas1%

Thomas Aquinas College Graduation, Retention, and Transfers

Retention Rates (2004):

GroupReturning From
Previous Year
Full-Time86 %

Thomas Aquinas College Room and Board (2005)

Thomas Aquinas College offers campus housing for 398 of its 359 (full-time) students.

(Please refer to our profile of Santa Paula, California for details about the area surrounding the campus. Also see our list of other California Colleges).

The school offers students a meal plan with 20 meals per week.

Thomas Aquinas College Admissions and Selectivity (2005)

Acceptances:

GroupApplicantsAcceptedPercent
Accepted
EnrolledPercent of
Accepted Enrolled
Total19515982%10264%
Men967881%5368%
Women998182%4960%

Standardized Test Scores:

Test25th Percentile75th Percetile
SAT Verbal628740
SAT Math570653
ACT Verbal2531
ACT Math2431
ACT Composite2429

Application Requirements:

ItemRequirement
GPAnot required
Class Ranknot required
High School Recordrequired
College Prep Programrecommended
Recommendationsrequired
Formal Demonstration of Competencerequired
Standardized Tests (SAT and/or ACT)required
Percent of Applicants Submitting SAT94%
Percent of Applicants Submitting ACT8%
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)required
Other Standardized Testsnot required

Thomas Aquinas College Expenses and Financial Aid (2005)

Expenses and Financial Aid:

ExpenseAmount
In-state tuition and fees$ 18,600
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 18,600
Room and board$ 5,800
Books and supplies$ 450
Other expenses$ 2,823

Financial Aid:
Thomas Aquinas College participates in Federal Title IV financial aid programs. (The school's OPE ID is 2358000)

Thomas Aquinas College Faculty

Thomas Aquinas College has a tenure system for faculty.

Salaries for full-time faculty:

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professoracademic year8$82,7252*
Associate professoracademic year12$78,3211*
Assistant professoracademic year7$55,9600*
All faculty totalacademic year27$73,8283$70,868

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Thomas Aquinas College Degree Programs (2005)

LIBERAL ARTS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

Thomas Aquinas College Highlights

(Details are provided further down on this page.)

What Sets Thomas Aquinas College Apart:

CategoryTrophy 
% of degrees in liberal arts
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Thomas Aquinas College % of degrees in liberal arts
Dorm rooms per full-time student
(vs. all colleges)
Top 2%Thomas Aquinas College Dorm rooms per full-time student
Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
(vs. all colleges)
Top 2%Thomas Aquinas College Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
Student SAT scores
(vs. all colleges)
Top 6%Thomas Aquinas College Student SAT scores
Salaries of full-time faculty
(vs. all colleges)
Top 7%Thomas Aquinas College Salaries of full-time faculty
% of students from other states
(vs. all colleges)
Top 7%Thomas Aquinas College % of students from other states
Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
(vs. all colleges)
Top 9%Thomas Aquinas College Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
Explanation of the Highlights categories

Notable:
Roman Catholic affiliation
Career counseling
Remedial classes for students
Offers campus housing
On-campus library
Offers campus housing
Offers a board (meal) plan
Tenure system for quality teaching

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