School Notes Overview:
- 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
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| County | Ventura County, CA | |
| Title IV Eligible | Yes | |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I | |
| Institution Level | 4 or more years | |
| Institution Control | Private, non-profit | |
| Full-Time Undergraduate | 340 students | |
| Total Enrollment | 340 students | |
| Total Dormitory Capacity | 398 students | |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 74% | |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants | 16% | |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received | $3,283 | |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants | 14% | |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received | $6,585 | |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants | 56% | |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received | $10 | |
| % Students Receiving Loans | 71% | |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received | $4,083 | |
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.
- Profile last updated: 11/12/2008.
In the News:
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New Archbishop to preside at Thomas Aquinas College commencement (Santa Paula Times)
posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:21:16 pm
On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the Most Reverend José H. Gomez will deliver the Commencement Address at Thomas Aquinas College; he will also serve as principal celebrant and homilist of the Baccalaureate Mass. -
Archbishop presides over graduation at Thomas Aquinas College (Ventura County Star)
posted on May 15, 2011 at 12:01:00 am
On Saturday morning the red robes of Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and a contingent of priests from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles stood out amidst the black robes of the graduates of Thomas Aquinas College at the school’s cathedral in the hills outside Santa Paula. -
Minor mudslide on Hwy. 150 near Santa Paula (Ventura County Star)
posted on January 1, 2011 at 03:11:00 am
A minor mudslide was reported Friday evening on eastbound lanes of Highway 150 around Thomas Aquinas College near Santa Paula, authorities said. -
Santa Paula college remembers Mother Teresa on her 100th birthday (Ventura County Star)
posted on August 26, 2010 at 11:46:00 pm
One hundred years to the day after Mother Teresa was born, Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula — where the famed humanitarian once spoke — held a Mass in her honor Thursday. -
Yale gets an F? New assessment of colleges' required education (KMIR 6 Palm Springs)
posted on August 17, 2010 at 07:57:39 pm
Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., is the only school in the study that requires all seven of ACTA's core subjects. (Courtesy of Thomas Aquinas College)
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